Dictionary

sensual en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsɛnʃuːəl/ (UK)
• /ˈsɛn.ʃu.əl/ (US)
• /ˈsɛnsjuːəl/ (UK)

Etymology

From Late Latin sensualis (“endowed with feeling, sensual”), from Latin sensus (“feeling, sense”).

Meanings

1. Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.
   • That massage was a very sensual experience!
2. Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.
   • Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.
3. Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.

Forms

Deriveds

sensual play · suprasensual · sensuality · sensualise · sensualism · transsensual · sensualness · sensualist · multisensual · sensualization · hypersensual · sensualistic · asensual · con-sensual · sensually · nonsensual · supersensual · unisensual · pretersensual · ultrasensual · unsensual · sensualize · antisensual

Relateds

sense · sensible · sensuous

Synonyms

sexy · voluptuous

Translations (34)

pl cielesny (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · ro senzual (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · sh pȕten (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · gd feòlmhor (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · cs smyslový (related to senses) · fi sensuelli (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · bg сладострастен (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · vi xác thịt (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · pl zmysłowy (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · cs smyslný (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · fa شهوانی (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · da sensuel (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · sv vällustig (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · ja 官能的 (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · vi nhục dục (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · sh čȗlan (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · sv sensuell (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · sh sȅnzūalan (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · it sensuale (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · gd collaidh (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · id sensual (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · cy cnawdol (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · ca sensual (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · tr sensüel (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · de sinnlich (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · hi कामुक (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · mi oni (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · bg чувствен (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · fi aistillinen (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · gl sensual (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · de lustvoll (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · ar شَهْوَانِيّ (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations) · pl zmysłowy (related to senses) · es sensual (inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations)