Sensual synonyms and antonyms
sĕn'sho͝o-əl
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Having to do with the body.
Exhibiting tendencies of self-indulgence.
sensuosity
Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
The definition of feeling is sympathetic or having emotion.
Sensory
That or who arouses or arouse.
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Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
Transmitting impulses from sense organs to nerve centers; afferent.
Relating to, involving, or perceptible to the sense of touch:
The definition of sensuous is relating to or affecting the senses.
Giving pleasure; pleasant; agreeable; gratifying
In a version or form that has been improved or made better than some other standard form.
The definition of delightful is someone or something that is charming or that causes happiness and joy.
Marked by luxury or a fondness for luxury:
Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
That stirs one's feelings; rousing
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Changing or capable of changing position:
Relating to, providing, or arising from sensual pleasure:
Fond of bodily pleasures; sensual
Physical rather than mental or spiritual; specif., sensual, gross, bestial, etc.
Having to do with sexual love
pleasure seeking
Carnal
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The definition of lewd is offensive sexual behavior.
Excited or driven by lust.
The definition of lascivious is someone who expresses lust or lewdness.
Covered with earth (mud, dirt).
Not spiritual; lacking metaphysical significance.
The definition of Epicurean is followers of the philosopher Epicurus, who encouraged avoidance of pain and rejected the idea that the Gods were involved with human life, or it is someone devoted to the enjoyment of food and drink.
Devoted to or marked by pleasure and luxury.
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Not moderate; lacking restraint; excessive
(Nautical) Having a trim, streamlined appearance:
Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.
Arousing or causing unrestrained emotion; frenzied.
corybantic
Of or pertaining to a Corybant
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cyrenaic
Of or advocating the doctrines of Aristippus of Cyrene, who argued that pleasure is the only good in life.
Filthy.
Marked by brutality or depravity; brutal or depraved:
Broad; general:
chaste (antonym)
Not indulging in unlawful sexual activity; virtuous
ascetic (antonym)
Of or characteristic of ascetics or asceticism; self-denying; austere
self-denying (antonym)
Without concern for ones own advantage; selfless or self-sacrificing
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emotional (related)
Readily affected with or stirred by emotion:
exciting (related)
Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
In or of the flesh; bodily; material or worldly, not spiritual
Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture.
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concupiscible
Pertaining to concupiscence or lust; characterized by strong desire.
Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
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faustian
Of or pertaining to Faust, especially his abandonment of values in order to pursue knowledge.
Having a firm pulp, as some fruits
Not religious; adhering to no particular religious belief
The definition of licentious is being lacking in willpower or moral discipline, or being promiscuous (prone to random sex) or unwilling to conform to accepted rules.
Characterized by vivid description or explicit details that are meant to provoke or shock:
Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
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Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
Tending to seduce, or lead astray; tempting; enticing
Adopting or teaching the doctrines of sensualism.
(Slang) Highly appealing or interesting; attractive:
Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
Erotic:
The definition of sultry is very hot and moist or creating passion.
Of or characterized by luxury and sensual pleasures
Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of others; gratuitous.
Of, relating to, or devoted to the material world, especially in contrast to spiritual concerns.
The definition of concupiscence is a strong desire such as lust.
Dissolution is defined as ending or breaking apart.
Excessive use of alcoholic beverages.
(Ethics) The doctrine that gratification of the senses is the highest good.
Sensuality is defined as enjoyment of sensual or sexual pleasures, or is defined as a condition of being pleasing to the senses.
(Uncountable) The property of being sensuous.
sybaritism
The quality of being worldly; familiarity with the ways of the world.
1911, Berthold Auerbach, Bayard Taylor, The villa on the Rhine:
Characterized by full physical or mental development
mental (antonym)
(--- Slang) Emotionally upset; crazed:
abstemious (antonym)
Moderate, esp. in eating and drinking; temperate
Of or pertaining to sensation.
Susceptible to slight differences or changes in the environment:
Stimulating further thought:
Of or concerning philosophical materialism.
awareness (related)
Of or relating to sensation or the senses
body (related)
Of or relating to sensation or the senses
pain (related)
Relating to, suggestive of, or appealing to sense gratification
sensually (related)
feminine (related)
dreamy (related)
alluring (related)
expressive (related)
eroticism (related)
sublime (related)
languorous (related)
playful (related)
Having a manner that stimulates.
Having appeal; attractive.
pleasure-loving
Carnal
Extreme indulgence of one's appetites, esp. for sensual pleasure; dissipation
Synonym Study
- Fleshly , expressing less censure, stresses these appetites and their gratification as natural to the flesh fleshly frailty See also syn. study at sensuous.
- Carnal implies relation to the body or flesh as the seat of basic physical appetites, now esp. sexual appetites, and usually stresses absence of intellectual or moral influence carnal pleasures
- Animal is applied to the physical nature of humankind as distinguished from intellectual and spiritual nature, and now often does not carry a derogatory implication animal appetites, sheer animal courage
- Sensual stresses relation to or preoccupation with gratifying the bodily senses and may imply grossness or lewdness sensual lips
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