sensuous
gratifying the senses: You can wear your denim jacket, but the sensuous look and feel of a velvet blazer will elevate your outfit.
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.
Origin of sensuous
1synonym study For sensuous
Other words for sensuous
Other words from sensuous
- sen·su·ous·ly, adverb
- sen·su·ous·ness, sen·su·os·i·ty [sen-shoo-os-i-tee], /ˌsɛn ʃuˈɒs ɪ ti/, noun
- an·ti·sen·su·ous, adjective
- an·ti·sen·su·ous·ness, noun
- hy·per·sen·su·ous, adjective
- hy·per·sen·su·ous·ness, noun
- non·sen·su·ous, adjective
- non·sen·su·ous·ness, noun
- sub·sen·su·ous, adjective
- sub·sen·su·ous·ness, noun
- su·per·sen·su·ous, adjective
- su·per·sen·su·ous·ness, noun
- un·sen·su·ous, adjective
- un·sen·su·ous·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with sensuous
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How to use sensuous in a sentence
Jessica van Brakle and Zac Willis employ expanding foam and custom auto paint to fabricate a sensuous blob of a sculpture from which leaf-life paper prints sprout.
In the galleries: Artists pair up to create a third identity, or when 1+1 equals one. | Mark Jenkins | November 19, 2021 | Washington PostThe two objects and the stormy sky behind them all merge into a sensuous dance of shadow and light.
In the galleries: Biennial survey celebrates Mid-Atlantic artists of many mediums | Mark Jenkins | October 29, 2021 | Washington PostThe track is smooth and sensuous, particularly seductive when his voice soars into falsetto.
The dogs have been fried in soybean oil until their exterior skin begins to develop a sensuous crunch.
The Jersey Shore’s Biggest Weiners Are at Jimmy Buff’s | Jane & Michael Stern | June 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPulling bite-size pieces off each slice is an easy task; and the sensuous feel of warm beef juices only adds to the joy of a meal.
But that fun, sensuous persona concealed a history of tragedy.
Charles Saatchi: From Saatchi & Saatchi to Allegedly Choking Nigella Lawson | Peter Jukes | June 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCromwell actually did declare a War on Christmas, which he deemed to be sensuous paganism.
Why Gay Marriage Will Win, and Sexual Freedom Will Lose | Megan McArdle | March 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTVirginia Woolf came next, with her dazzling, sensuous essays and literary criticism.
Phillip Lopate’s Book Bag: The Essay Tradition | Phillip Lopate | February 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the most vivid First Impressions always result from the action of the intellect upon the sensuous stimuli from ear and eye.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)He was a very tall loosely built man, with a sensuous laughing mouth and an eye that was seldom sober.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe Church required no sensuous image of Him, whom having not seen she loved, to prevent that love from growing cold.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowHer face was pale and her sensuous lips were the color of her skin, whence her surname.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueWas it not the sensuous side of her nature that had been touched, while the rest had been posing in the foreground?
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona Caird
British Dictionary definitions for sensuous
/ (ˈsɛnsjʊəs) /
aesthetically pleasing to the senses
appreciative of or moved by qualities perceived by the senses
of, relating to, or derived from the senses
Origin of sensuous
1Derived forms of sensuous
- sensuously, adverb
- sensuousness, noun
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