Sensual
['sensjʊəl;-ʃʊəl] or ['sɛnʃuəl]
Definition
(adj.) sexually exciting or gratifying; 'sensual excesses'; 'a sultry look'; 'a sultry dance' .
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Definition
(a.) Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit.
(a.) Hence, not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to, or consisting in, the gratification of the senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly.
(a.) Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous.
(a.) Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Carnal, fleshly, unspiritual.[2]. Voluptuous, luxurious.[3]. Lewd, dissolute, licentious.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Carnal, fleshly, animal, voluptuous, lewd
ANT:Spiritual, intellectual, selfdenying, abstinent, abstemious, continent,ethereal, ascetic
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Examples
- It is only a hostile average-sensual-man background against which the philosophers and poets stand out. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You've got to lapse out before you can know what sensual reality is, lapse into unknowingness, and give up your volition. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He realised that there were great mysteries to be unsealed, sensual, mindless, dreadful mysteries, far beyond the phallic cult. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She had thousands of years of purely sensual, purely unspiritual knowledge behind her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yes, the greateSt. And is there any greater or keener pleasure than that of sensual love? Plato. The Republic.
- I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their poorness of character. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The climax of sensual reaction, once reached in any direction, is reached finally, there is no going on. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Because you haven't got any real body, any dark sensual body of life. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This was far beyond any phallic knowledge, sensual subtle realities far beyond the scope of phallic investigation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- On the one hand, he knew he did not want a further sensual experience--something deeper, darker, than ordinary life could give. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It is so sensual as to be final, supreme. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They were looking at some Indian silk shirts, gorgeous and sensual in themselves, their shape, their almost corrupt gorgeousness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Are not the chief elements of temperance, speaking generally, obedience to commanders and self-control in sensual pleasures? Plato. The Republic.
- She had full square cheeks, a long, firm chin, and thick, sensual, colourless lips. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If the latter, how was it he was always talking about sensual fulfilment? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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