sensualize

especially British, sen·su·al·ise

[sen-shoo-uh-lahyz]

verb (used with object)

sensualized, sensualizing 

1. to render sensual.

Other Word Forms

• sensualization noun
• unsensualized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sensualize¹

First recorded in 1605–15; sensual + -ize

Example Sentences

With nine dancers moving slowly and rhythmically in couples or groups, the performances sensualize and sexualize the houses.

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All illustrates the truth that sensualized men necessarily undervalue and laugh at women.

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To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.

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Aschenbach lurches from overly repressed to overly sensualized, dyeing his hair, rouging his cheeks and stuffing his mouth with overripe strawberries.

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Pope spoke of men "sensualized by pleasure" like those who were "changed into brutes by Circe."

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