Definitions for sensual
ˈsɛn ʃu əlsen·su·al

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. animal(a), carnal, fleshly, sensual(adj)

   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"

2. sensual, sultry(adj)

   sexually exciting or gratifying

   "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. sensual(Adjective)

   Inducing pleasurable and/or erotic sensations.

   That massage was a very sensual experience!

2. sensual(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.

   Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sensual(adj)

   pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit

2. Sensual(adj)

   hence, not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to, or consisting in, the gratification of the senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly

3. Sensual(adj)

   devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous

4. Sensual(adj)

   pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism

Origin: [L. sensualis, from sensus sense: cf. F. sensuel.]

Anagrams for sensual »

1. unseals

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sensual in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sensual in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of sensual in a Sentence

1. Ludwig van Beethoven:

   Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

2. Fabrice:

   To be thought to be a moron to the eyes of an idiot is a gourmet's sensual delight!

3. Thomas Osbert Mordaunt:

   Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife, Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life, Is worth an age without name.

4. C. C. Colton:

   Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the latter, gross and sensual.

5. Haniel Long:

   In youth the human body drew me and was the object of my secret and natural dreams. But body after body has taken away from me that sensual phosphorescence which my youth delighted in. Within me is no disturbing interplay now, but only the steady currents of adaptation and of sympathy.

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