Definition of sensual in English:

sensual

adjective ˈsɛnʃʊəlˈsɛn(t)ʃ(u)əl

Relating to or involving gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure.
撩人的；情欲的
the production of the ballet is sensual and passionate
那部芭蕾作品又刺激又充满激情。
Example sentencesExamples
- They both still feel most at home in the water, and revel in its sensual pleasures.
- There is pure sensual pleasure in being in the water, going at my own pace, and life looks better afterwards.
- With its sensual pear shape, light green buttery flesh and single large stone, the avocado is like no other fruit.
- You can have a great time with a partner, feeling aroused, sensual, intimate and loving, and not have an orgasm.
- She also sings rather well, with a husky, sensual tone hinting at a passion lurking under all those crinolines.
- She was obviously a sensual and passionate woman who loved listening to and playing music.
- Sex is seen as part of this sensual excess; it's not transformative or transcendent.
- Food, I discover, is sensual, exciting and irresistibly connected with sex.
- She took an almost sensual pleasure in snow, rubbing her nose in it, eating it, tossing it in the air, dancing in it.
- But within an hour of setting off next morning, thoughts turned from the spiritual to the sensual.
- She introduced him to sensual and sexual pleasure, but her continued liaisons caused him pain.
- Sleep is likely to be fitful while you linger in the delicious sensual afterglow.
- You are bound to share sensual delights and exotic pleasures with your cherished one.
- She has this big box of sensual anger that's all neatly locked up by her superego.
- His films generally concern the cruel power of obsessional love and the need for sensual pleasure.
- It's such a sensual treat that I wonder if I can just get the hair wash and skip the cut altogether.
- Each seed is in a small cell of green jellyish flesh, and spooning it into your mouth is a decidedly sensual experience.
- Her voice is amazingly kaleidoscopic, its many colours opening up a world of sensual delights.
- She loves text and she loves to create rich, vibrant, sensual worlds around words.
- The Moon in Pisces refers to a voluptuous and sensual nature and is often cited as indicating numerous attachments.
Synonyms
physical, physically gratifying, carnal, bodily, fleshly, animal
hedonistic, epicurean, sybaritic, voluptuary, Dionysiac
rare appetitive
sexually attractive, sexy, voluptuous, sultry, seductive, passionate
sexually exciting/arousing, erotic, sexual

Usage

The words sensual and sensuous are frequently used interchangeably to mean ‘gratifying the senses’, especially in a sexual sense. Strictly speaking, this goes against a traditional distinction, by which sensuous is a more neutral term, meaning ‘relating to the senses rather than the intellect’, as in swimming is a beautiful, sensuous experience, while sensual relates to gratification of the senses, especially sexually, as in a sensual massage. In fact the word sensuous is thought to have been invented by Milton (1641) in a deliberate attempt to avoid the sexual overtones of sensual. In practice, the connotations are such that it is difficult to use sensuous in this sense. While traditionalists struggle to maintain a distinction, the evidence from the Oxford English Corpus and elsewhere suggests that the ‘neutral’ use of sensuous is rare in modern English. If a neutral use is intended it is advisable to use alternative wording

Derivatives

sensualism

noun ˈsɛnʃʊəlɪz(ə)mˈsɛn(t)ʃ(u)əˌlɪzəm

After the 1960s, architects rejected functionality for illusion and sensualism, focusing on architecture as structures in which individuals ‘participate’.
Example sentencesExamples
- I love Whole Foods because it presents itself as a feast of sensualism, rather than dour vegetarianism or consumerism.
- Even in the Islam of the most ascetic desert Muslims there is a strand of sensualism: even renunciation is desired because of its immediate or eventual material bounty.
- A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity.
- These teens manifest a conspicuous sensualism and seek to push the pedal on life's enjoyments to the max.

sensualize

verb ˈsɛnʃʊəlʌɪzˈsɛn(t)ʃ(u)əˌlaɪz

[with object]

Make (something) sensual.
a style that utilizes deep colour to sensualize the female form
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus Kant summarized the famous dispute between Leibniz and Locke in the following way: Leibniz intellectualised appearances, just as Locke sensualised the concepts of the understanding.
- ‘Finally, we move to ‘perceptualized’ Internetworks, where the data has been sensualized, that is, rendered sensually.
- Shot in black and white, it looks beautiful for a digital film. It does feel truly cinematic, with its sensualised New Zealand landscapes appearing sometimes in dim, dream-like light.

sensually

adverb ˈsɛnʃʊəliˈsɛn(t)ʃ(u)əli

A waif-like model, elegantly poised on a bar stool, dressed head-to-toe in designer clothing and sensually smoking a cigarette.
Example sentencesExamples
- This time last year I was living a life centred on myself, on things that would give me instant gratification and were sensually pleasurable.
- Fortunately, it is at times like this, that I'm glad I'm a rare househusband amid a sea of housewives - because when I felt someone sensually rubbing against the back of my leg, my mind filled with all sorts of delightful possibilities.
- Stick out the full 20 minutes and you will emerge sensually numb and eager to disengage with emotional conflict.
- They indulge themselves selfishly, sensually, with no thought of the consequences for us.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'sensory'): from late Latin sensualis, from sensus (see sense).

Rhymes

consensual

Definition of sensual in US English:

sensual

adjectiveˈsen(t)SH(o͞o)əlˈsɛn(t)ʃ(u)əl

Relating to or involving gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure.
撩人的；情欲的
the production of the ballet is sensual and passionate
那部芭蕾作品又刺激又充满激情。
Example sentencesExamples
- She also sings rather well, with a husky, sensual tone hinting at a passion lurking under all those crinolines.
- There is pure sensual pleasure in being in the water, going at my own pace, and life looks better afterwards.
- It's such a sensual treat that I wonder if I can just get the hair wash and skip the cut altogether.
- She took an almost sensual pleasure in snow, rubbing her nose in it, eating it, tossing it in the air, dancing in it.
- His films generally concern the cruel power of obsessional love and the need for sensual pleasure.
- With its sensual pear shape, light green buttery flesh and single large stone, the avocado is like no other fruit.
- Each seed is in a small cell of green jellyish flesh, and spooning it into your mouth is a decidedly sensual experience.
- Her voice is amazingly kaleidoscopic, its many colours opening up a world of sensual delights.
- The Moon in Pisces refers to a voluptuous and sensual nature and is often cited as indicating numerous attachments.
- Sleep is likely to be fitful while you linger in the delicious sensual afterglow.
- Food, I discover, is sensual, exciting and irresistibly connected with sex.
- She was obviously a sensual and passionate woman who loved listening to and playing music.
- But within an hour of setting off next morning, thoughts turned from the spiritual to the sensual.
- She has this big box of sensual anger that's all neatly locked up by her superego.
- She introduced him to sensual and sexual pleasure, but her continued liaisons caused him pain.
- You can have a great time with a partner, feeling aroused, sensual, intimate and loving, and not have an orgasm.
- Sex is seen as part of this sensual excess; it's not transformative or transcendent.
- She loves text and she loves to create rich, vibrant, sensual worlds around words.
- They both still feel most at home in the water, and revel in its sensual pleasures.
- You are bound to share sensual delights and exotic pleasures with your cherished one.
Synonyms
physical, physically gratifying, carnal, bodily, fleshly, animal
sexually attractive, sexy, voluptuous, sultry, seductive, passionate

Usage

The words sensual and sensuous are frequently used interchangeably to mean ‘gratifying the senses,’ especially in a sexual sense. Strictly speaking, this goes against a traditional distinction, by which sensuous is a more neutral term, meaning ‘relating to the senses rather than the intellect’ (swimming is a beautiful, sensuous experience), while sensual relates to gratification of the senses, especially sexually (a sensual massage). In fact, the word sensuous is thought to have been invented by John Milton (1641) in a deliberate attempt to avoid the sexual overtones of sensual. In practice, the connotations are such that it is difficult to use sensuous in Milton's sense. While traditionalists struggle to maintain a distinction, the evidence suggests that the neutral use of sensuous is rare in modern English. If a neutral use is intended, it is advisable to use alternative wording

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘sensory’): from late Latin sensualis, from sensus (see sense).

词汇	sensual
释义	Definition of sensual in English: sensual adjective ˈsɛnʃʊəlˈsɛn(t)ʃ(u)əl Relating to or involving gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure. 撩人的；情欲的 the production of the ballet is sensual and passionate 那部芭蕾作品又刺激又充满激情。 Example sentencesExamples They both still feel most at home in the water, and revel in its sensual pleasures. There is pure sensual pleasure in being in the water, going at my own pace, and life looks better afterwards. With its sensual pear shape, light green buttery flesh and single large stone, the avocado is like no other fruit. You can have a great time with a partner, feeling aroused, sensual, intimate and loving, and not have an orgasm. She also sings rather well, with a husky, sensual tone hinting at a passion lurking under all those crinolines. She was obviously a sensual and passionate woman who loved listening to and playing music. Sex is seen as part of this sensual excess; it's not transformative or transcendent. Food, I discover, is sensual, exciting and irresistibly connected with sex. She took an almost sensual pleasure in snow, rubbing her nose in it, eating it, tossing it in the air, dancing in it. But within an hour of setting off next morning, thoughts turned from the spiritual to the sensual. She introduced him to sensual and sexual pleasure, but her continued liaisons caused him pain. Sleep is likely to be fitful while you linger in the delicious sensual afterglow. You are bound to share sensual delights and exotic pleasures with your cherished one. She has this big box of sensual anger that's all neatly locked up by her superego. His films generally concern the cruel power of obsessional love and the need for sensual pleasure. It's such a sensual treat that I wonder if I can just get the hair wash and skip the cut altogether. Each seed is in a small cell of green jellyish flesh, and spooning it into your mouth is a decidedly sensual experience. Her voice is amazingly kaleidoscopic, its many colours opening up a world of sensual delights. She loves text and she loves to create rich, vibrant, sensual worlds around words. The Moon in Pisces refers to a voluptuous and sensual nature and is often cited as indicating numerous attachments. Synonyms physical, physically gratifying, carnal, bodily, fleshly, animal hedonistic, epicurean, sybaritic, voluptuary, Dionysiac rare appetitive sexually attractive, sexy, voluptuous, sultry, seductive, passionate sexually exciting/arousing, erotic, sexual Usage The words sensual and sensuous are frequently used interchangeably to mean ‘gratifying the senses’, especially in a sexual sense. Strictly speaking, this goes against a traditional distinction, by which sensuous is a more neutral term, meaning ‘relating to the senses rather than the intellect’, as in swimming is a beautiful, sensuous experience, while sensual relates to gratification of the senses, especially sexually, as in a sensual massage. In fact the word sensuous is thought to have been invented by Milton (1641) in a deliberate attempt to avoid the sexual overtones of sensual. In practice, the connotations are such that it is difficult to use sensuous in this sense. While traditionalists struggle to maintain a distinction, the evidence from the Oxford English Corpus and elsewhere suggests that the ‘neutral’ use of sensuous is rare in modern English. If a neutral use is intended it is advisable to use alternative wording Derivatives sensualism noun ˈsɛnʃʊəlɪz(ə)mˈsɛn(t)ʃ(u)əˌlɪzəm After the 1960s, architects rejected functionality for illusion and sensualism, focusing on architecture as structures in which individuals ‘participate’. Example sentencesExamples I love Whole Foods because it presents itself as a feast of sensualism, rather than dour vegetarianism or consumerism. Even in the Islam of the most ascetic desert Muslims there is a strand of sensualism: even renunciation is desired because of its immediate or eventual material bounty. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity. These teens manifest a conspicuous sensualism and seek to push the pedal on life's enjoyments to the max. sensualize verb ˈsɛnʃʊəlʌɪzˈsɛn(t)ʃ(u)əˌlaɪz [with object] Make (something) sensual. a style that utilizes deep colour to sensualize the female form Example sentencesExamples Thus Kant summarized the famous dispute between Leibniz and Locke in the following way: Leibniz intellectualised appearances, just as Locke sensualised the concepts of the understanding. ‘Finally, we move to ‘perceptualized’ Internetworks, where the data has been sensualized, that is, rendered sensually. Shot in black and white, it looks beautiful for a digital film. It does feel truly cinematic, with its sensualised New Zealand landscapes appearing sometimes in dim, dream-like light. sensually adverb ˈsɛnʃʊəliˈsɛn(t)ʃ(u)əli A waif-like model, elegantly poised on a bar stool, dressed head-to-toe in designer clothing and sensually smoking a cigarette. Example sentencesExamples This time last year I was living a life centred on myself, on things that would give me instant gratification and were sensually pleasurable. Fortunately, it is at times like this, that I'm glad I'm a rare househusband amid a sea of housewives - because when I felt someone sensually rubbing against the back of my leg, my mind filled with all sorts of delightful possibilities. Stick out the full 20 minutes and you will emerge sensually numb and eager to disengage with emotional conflict. They indulge themselves selfishly, sensually, with no thought of the consequences for us. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'sensory'): from late Latin sensualis, from sensus (see sense). Rhymes consensual Definition of sensual in US English: sensual adjectiveˈsen(t)SH(o͞o)əlˈsɛn(t)ʃ(u)əl Relating to or involving gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure. 撩人的；情欲的 the production of the ballet is sensual and passionate 那部芭蕾作品又刺激又充满激情。 Example sentencesExamples She also sings rather well, with a husky, sensual tone hinting at a passion lurking under all those crinolines. There is pure sensual pleasure in being in the water, going at my own pace, and life looks better afterwards. It's such a sensual treat that I wonder if I can just get the hair wash and skip the cut altogether. She took an almost sensual pleasure in snow, rubbing her nose in it, eating it, tossing it in the air, dancing in it. His films generally concern the cruel power of obsessional love and the need for sensual pleasure. With its sensual pear shape, light green buttery flesh and single large stone, the avocado is like no other fruit. Each seed is in a small cell of green jellyish flesh, and spooning it into your mouth is a decidedly sensual experience. Her voice is amazingly kaleidoscopic, its many colours opening up a world of sensual delights. The Moon in Pisces refers to a voluptuous and sensual nature and is often cited as indicating numerous attachments. Sleep is likely to be fitful while you linger in the delicious sensual afterglow. Food, I discover, is sensual, exciting and irresistibly connected with sex. She was obviously a sensual and passionate woman who loved listening to and playing music. But within an hour of setting off next morning, thoughts turned from the spiritual to the sensual. She has this big box of sensual anger that's all neatly locked up by her superego. She introduced him to sensual and sexual pleasure, but her continued liaisons caused him pain. You can have a great time with a partner, feeling aroused, sensual, intimate and loving, and not have an orgasm. Sex is seen as part of this sensual excess; it's not transformative or transcendent. She loves text and she loves to create rich, vibrant, sensual worlds around words. They both still feel most at home in the water, and revel in its sensual pleasures. You are bound to share sensual delights and exotic pleasures with your cherished one. Synonyms physical, physically gratifying, carnal, bodily, fleshly, animal sexually attractive, sexy, voluptuous, sultry, seductive, passionate Usage The words sensual and sensuous are frequently used interchangeably to mean ‘gratifying the senses,’ especially in a sexual sense. Strictly speaking, this goes against a traditional distinction, by which sensuous is a more neutral term, meaning ‘relating to the senses rather than the intellect’ (swimming is a beautiful, sensuous experience), while sensual relates to gratification of the senses, especially sexually (a sensual massage). In fact, the word sensuous is thought to have been invented by John Milton (1641) in a deliberate attempt to avoid the sexual overtones of sensual. In practice, the connotations are such that it is difficult to use sensuous in Milton's sense. While traditionalists struggle to maintain a distinction, the evidence suggests that the neutral use of sensuous is rare in modern English. If a neutral use is intended, it is advisable to use alternative wording Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘sensory’): from late Latin sensualis, from sensus (see sense).
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