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Dictionary: sen·su·al   (sĕn'shū-əl) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Relating to or affecting any of the senses or a sense organ; sensory.
    1. Of, relating to, given to, or providing gratification of the physical and especially the sexual appetites. See synonyms at sensuous.
    2. Suggesting sexuality; voluptuous.
    3. Physical rather than spiritual or intellectual.
    4. Lacking in moral or spiritual interests; worldly.
sensually sen'su·al·ly adv.
sensualness sen'su·al·ness n.
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Thesaurus: sensual
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adjective

  1. Of or relating to sensation or the senses: sensational, sensitive, sensorial, sensory, sensuous. See awareness/unawareness, body/spirit.
  2. Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification: epicurean, sensualistic, sensuous, voluptuous. See pain/pleasure.
  3. Relating to the desires and appetites of the body: animal, carnal, fleshly, physical. See body/spirit.
  4. Suggesting sexuality: sexual, sexy, suggestive, voluptuous. See sex/asexual.
  5. Of or preoccupied with material rather than spiritual or intellectual things: material, materialistic. See body/spirit.

 
Antonyms: sensual
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adj

Definition: physical, erotic
Antonyms: abstemious, chaste, mental


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Appealing to the physical or pertaining to the body.

pronunciation Sensual pleasures are like soap bubbles, sparkling, effervescent.   — John H. Aughey, American scientist.  

 
Translations: Sensual
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sensuel, sanselig, vellystig

Nederlands (Dutch)
zintuiglijk, sensueel, zinnelijk

Français (French)
adj. - sensuel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - sinnlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αισθησιακός, λάγνος

Italiano (Italian)
sensorio, sensuale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sensual

Русский (Russian)
чувственный, сладострастный, воспринимаемый чувствами

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sensual

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sensuell, sinnlig, vällustig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
官能的, 肉感的, 性感的, 肉体上的, 喜爱感官享受的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 官能的, 肉感的, 性感的, 肉體上的, 喜愛感官享受的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 관능적인, 세속적인, 감각의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 肉体感覚の, 官能的な, 肉感的な, みだらな, 好色の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شهواني, جسدي, حسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רודף תענוגות, נטול-רסן, זולל וסובא, חושני, של תענוגות, תאוותני, חושי‬


 
 
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