sensual
lacking in moral restraints; lewd or unchaste.
arousing or exciting the senses or appetites.
of or relating to the senses or physical sensation; sensory.
pertaining to the philosophical doctrine of sensationalism.
Origin of sensual
1synonym study For sensual
Other words for sensual
Other words from sensual
- sen·su·al·ly, adverb
- hy·per·sen·su·al, adjective
- hy·per·sen·su·al·ness, noun
- non·sen·su·al, adjective
- sub·sen·su·al, adjective
- trans·sen·su·al, adjective
- un·sen·su·al, adjective
Words that may be confused with sensual
- sensual , sensuous (see synonym study at the current entry)
Words Nearby sensual
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How to use sensual in a sentence
Seeing him, his extra large lips whispered something to a fellow inmate as they shared sensual smiles.
Park directs with a creativity and confidence buoyed by his geographic relocation of the source material, introducing a playful chronology and leaning into bold, sensual images.
Blood is running free—sometimes gross, sometimes sensual—in pop culture.
Sex, Blood and Maroon 5: Pop Culture’s Wounds Run Deep | Lizzie Crocker | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe actor transformed from a sensual Marilyn Monroe to a whimsical Salvador Dali to a starving migrant mother, seamlessly.
Game of Thrones had an overly sensual libertine while House of Cards had a manipulative psychopath.
“Sexy Danger” has all the wild, sensual energy of “Drunk in Love,” but with absolutely no words!
Michael Cera’s ‘true that’ Review: So Melancholy, So Cool, So Damn Long | Amy Zimmerman | August 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo I felt it was really important to create a very sensual film that could also tell a story.
Kate and Lottie Moss May Cover British ‘Vogue’; Penelope Cruz Directs Steamy Film for Agent Provocateur | The Fashion Beast Team | August 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome peculiar lines between these contracted brows gave a character of ferocity to this forbidding and sensual face.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuHow could she be at the same time both cruel and tender, both true and false, frank and secretive, spiritual and sensual?
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe religion they preached was not adapted to please sensual men; even infidels admit that they preached a pure morality.
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. WardThe sensual and abominable Carinus displayed the extravagancies of Heliogabalus, aggravated by the cruelty of Domitian.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowHis tastes and desires were manifested by his sensual lips, his small, dull eyes and throaty voice.
The Everlasting Arms | Joseph Hocking
British Dictionary definitions for sensual
/ (ˈsɛnsjʊəl) /
of or relating to any of the senses or sense organs; bodily
strongly or unduly inclined to gratification of the senses
tending to arouse the bodily appetites, esp the sexual appetite
of or relating to sensualism
Origin of sensual
1Derived forms of sensual
- sensually, adverb
- sensualness, noun
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