sensuous
Americanadjective
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gratifying the senses.
You can wear your denim jacket, but the sensuous look and feel of a velvet blazer will elevate your outfit.
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readily affected through the senses; sensual; physical.
a sensuous temperament;
a sensuous young man.
- Synonyms:
- sensitive, feeling, voluptuous, luxurious, luscious, palatable, pleasurable, pleasing, pleasant, gratifying
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of or relating to the senses or objects that can be perceived by the senses; sensory; material.
His observations based on sensuous experience seem self-evident, but the subsequent speculations are far-fetched.
Aristotelian scholarly tradition subjected the sensuous qualities of music to mathematical and metaphysical analysis.
adjective
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aesthetically pleasing to the senses
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appreciative of or moved by qualities perceived by the senses
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of, relating to, or derived from the senses
Related Words
See sensual.
Other Word Forms
- antisensuous adjective
- antisensuousness noun
- hypersensuous adjective
- hypersensuousness noun
- nonsensuous adjective
- nonsensuousness noun
- sensuosity noun
- sensuously adverb
- sensuousness noun
- subsensuous adjective
- subsensuousness noun
- supersensuous adjective
- supersensuousness noun
- unsensuous adjective
- unsensuousness noun
Etymology
Origin of sensuous
First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin sēnsus “sensation, feeling, any of the five senses, awareness”; sense, -ous
Example Sentences
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The film boasts sensuous formal achievements, from the glorious alpine shots to the experimental sound design of a raging storm and the dizzying angles deployed by Kirsanoff, an Estonian Jew and Parisian avant-gardist.
Until “Anónimo,” the Argentine avant-garde had never sounded so intoxicatingly sensuous.
From Los Angeles Times
They include accomplished long takes and sensuous riffs on well-defined genres.
From Los Angeles Times
We find ourselves in that time of year dedicated to the most sensuous and worldly of the earth signs — that is, Taurus season.
From Los Angeles Times
Initially, the prose is rich and sensuous but becomes less sumptuous as the story progresses.
From Seattle Times
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