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sensual

Sensual means pleasing to the five senses. It often is used in a sexual context, but is not exclusively sexual in meaning.

The touch of silk, a whiff of a beautiful perfume or the first bite of a perfect croissant can be a sensual pleasure as well. And don’t confuse sensual with sensuous. Sensuous also means relating to the senses, but without any indication of pleasure.

DEFINITIONS OF: sensual

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adj marked by the appetites and passions of the body

“a sensual delight in eating”
“music is the only sensual pleasure without vice”
Synonyms:
animal, carnal, fleshly
physical
involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

adj sexually exciting or gratifying

sensual excesses”
Synonyms:
sultry
hot
extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
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