'Sensual' definitions:
Definition of 'sensual'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice" [syn: animal(a), carnal, fleshly, sensual]
adjective
Sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" [syn: sensual, sultry]
Definition of 'Sensual'
From: GCIDE
- Sensual \Sen"su*al\, a. [L. sensualis, from sensus sense: cf. F. sensuel.]
- 1. Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit. [1913 Webster]
- Pleasing and sensual rites and ceremonies. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Far as creation's ample range extends, The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to, or consisting in, the gratification of the senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly. [1913 Webster]
- These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. --Jude 19. [1913 Webster]
- The greatest part of men are such as prefer . . . that good which is sensual before whatsoever is most divine. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous. [1913 Webster]
- No small part of virtue consists in abstaining from that wherein sensual men place their felicity. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sensual'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- amorous,
- animal,
- aphrodisiomaniacal,
- appetitive,
- banausic,
- bawdy,
- bent on pleasure,
- bodily,
- carnal,
- clitoromaniacal,
- concupiscent,
- Cyprian,
- Cyrenaic,
- debauched,
- dirty,
- dissipated,
- dissolute,
- earthy,
- epicurean,
- erogenic,
- erogenous,
- erotic,
- eroticomaniacal,
- erotogenic,
- erotomaniacal,
- fleshly,
- gamic,
- goatish,
- gynecomaniacal,
- hedonistic,
- heterosexual,
- hircine,
- horny,
- hot,
- hysteromaniacal,
- irreligious,
- ithyphallic,
- lascivious,
- lecherous,
- lewd,
- libidinal,
- libidinous,
- licentious,
- lickerish,
- loose,
- lubricious,
- lubricous,
- luscious,
- lush,
- lustful,
- luxurious,
- luxury-loving,
- mundane,
- nuptial,
- nymphomaniacal,
- obscene,
- oversexed,
- physical,
- pleasure-bent,
- pleasure-seeking,
- potent,
- priapic,
- procreative,
- profligate,
- prurient,
- rakish,
- randy,
- salacious,
- satyric,
- sensational,
- sensatory,
- sensitive,
- sensorial,
- sex,
- sexed,
- sexlike,
- sexual,
- sexy,
- straight,
- sybaritic,
- temporal,
- unchaste,
- undersexed,
- unspiritual,
- venereal,
- voluptuous,
- wanton,
- worldly