Sensuality
[sensjʊ'ælɪtɪ;senʃʊ-] or [,sɛnʃʊ'ælɪti]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures; luxuriousness; voluptuousness; lewdness.
Editor: Quentin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Voluptuousness, carnality.[2]. Lewdness, dissoluteness, licentiousness.
Checker: Lorrie
Examples
- Nay, that is but sensuality. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You have no sensuality. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Affection, sensuality, companionship, all three very pleasant, very comforting, but Love is greater than such a trinity. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- If one cracked your skull perhaps one might get a spontaneous, passionate woman out of you, with real sensuality. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I have had unformed ideas of striving afresh, beginning anew, shaking off sloth and sensuality, and fighting out the abandoned fight. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The imperfections of his mind run parallel with those of his body, being a composition of spleen, dullness, ignorance, caprice, sensuality, and pride. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
Editor: Verna