sensual

sensual
index dissolute, mundane, obscene, physical, salacious

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  • sensual — sensual, sensuous 1. Sensual is the older word (15c), and originally described feelings that involved the senses as distinct from the intellect. As it became more closely associated with aspects of physical indulgence characterized by the… …   Modern English usage

  • Sensual — Sen su*al, a. [L. sensualis, from sensus sense: cf. F. sensuel.] 1. Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sensual — adjetivo 1. De las sensaciones: conocimiento sensual. 2. Que tiende a buscar y a satisfacer el deseo de los sentidos: La decoración del apartamento es coqueta y muy sensual. 3. Que despierta los sentidos o el deseo sexual: boca sensual, mirada… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • sensual — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to the physical senses as a source of pleasure, especially sexual pleasure. DERIVATIVES sensualist noun sensuality noun sensually adverb. USAGE Strictly speaking there is a difference between sensual and sensuous. Sensual …   English terms dictionary

  • sensual — [sen′sho͞o əl] adj. [L sensualis < sensus, feeling, SENSE] 1. of the body and the senses as distinguished from the intellect or spirit; bodily [sensual pleasures] 2. a) connected or preoccupied with bodily or sexual pleasures; voluptuous b)… …   English World dictionary

  • sensual — adj. 2 g. 1. Concernente aos sentidos. 2. Voluptuoso. 3. Lúbrico. 4. Libidinoso. • s. 2 g. 5. Pessoa sensual, lasciva.   • Confrontar: censual …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • sensual — 1 *carnal, fleshly, animal Analogous words: *bodily, physical, corporeal, somatic: *coarse, gross, vulgar: lewd, lascivious, lustful, wanton (see LICENTIOUS) 2 *sensuous, luxurious, voluptuous, sybaritic, epicurean …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Sensual — Sensuāl (lat.), sinnlich; Sensualismus, der Hang, nach sinnlichen Antrieben zu handeln, das höchste sinnliche Vergnügen als das höchste Gut zu betrachten; auch der Lehrbegriff der Sensualisten oder Sensualphilosophen, welche die Wahrheit und das… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sensual — Sensual, sensuell, sinnlich; S.ismus, Sinnlichkeit; philosophisches System, s. Empirismus u. Materie; S.ität, Sinnlichkeit, das sinnliche Anschauungsvermögen; sensus, lat., Sinn, Empfindung; sensu bono, latiori, strictiori, strictissimo, im guten …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • sensual — Relativo a un gran interés por el sexo, la comida u otras actividades sensoriales que producen satisfacción. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

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