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sensual adjective [ ˈsɛnʃʊəl ]

• relating to or involving gratification of the senses and physical, especially sexual, pleasure.
• "the production of the ballet is sensual and passionate"
Similar: physical, physically gratifying, carnal, bodily, fleshly, animal, hedonistic, epicurean, sybaritic, voluptuary, Dionysiac, appetitive, sexually attractive, sexy, voluptuous, sultry, seductive, passionate, sexually exciting/arousing, erotic, sexual,
Opposite: spiritual, mental, ascetic, passionless,
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘sensory’): from late Latin sensualis, from sensus (see sense).


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