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sensual, passionate, physical, exciting, sumptuous, luscious, voluptuous, luxurious, epicurean; see also sensual 1, 2.

sensuous suggests the strong appeal of that which is pleasing to the eye, ear, touch, etc. and, of a person, implies susceptibility to the often aesthetic pleasures of sensation soft, sensuous music; sensual refers to the operation or gratification of the physical senses or appetite a sensual element in her sculptures, a life of sensual excess; voluptuous implies a tending to excite, or giving oneself up to the gratification of, sensuous or, more often, sensual desires her voluptuous charms; luxurious implies a reveling in that which lavishly provides a high degree of physical comfort or satisfaction a luxurious feeling of drowsiness; epicurean implies delight in luxury and sensuous pleasure, esp. that of eating and drinking

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Of or relating to sensation or the senses:
sensational, sensitive, sensorial, sensory, sensual. See awareness, body
Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification:
epicurean, sensual, sensualistic, voluptuous. See pain

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sensuous sensual luxurious voluptuous

These adjectives mean of, given to, or furnishing satisfaction of the senses. Sensuous usually applies to the senses involved in aesthetic enjoyment, as of art or music: “The sensuous joy from all things fair/His strenuous bent of soul repressed” (John Greenleaf Whittier).
Sensual more often applies to the physical senses or appetites, particularly those associated with sexual pleasure: “Of music Dr. Johnson used to say that it was the only sensual pleasure without vice” (William Seward).
Luxurious suggests a surrender to physical comfort leading to a delightful feeling of well-being: stayed in a luxurious, flower-filled suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs.
Voluptuous principally implies abandoning oneself to pleasures, especially sensual pleasures: “Lucullus . . . returned to Rome to lounge away the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence” (J.A. Froude).

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