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sensuality

Syllables: sen·su·al·i·ty/ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈal.ɪ.tiː/US/ˌsɛn.ʃuˈæl.ɪ.ti/

sensuality noun: the state of being sensual or sensuous.

Noun

sensuality (countable and uncountable, plural sensualities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being sensual or sensuous.
    • pure sensuality
    • air of sensuality
  2. (countable) A preoccupation with sensual pleasure.

sensuality meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

sensuality in Urdu

sensuality
عیش 'aiś

sensuality in Bengali

ইন্দ্রিয়পরায়ণতা, কামুকতা

sensuality in Malayalam

sexual attractiveness, sexiness, sultriness
സുഖലോലുപത, വിഷയപ്രസംഗം, വിഷയാസക്തി, വിഷയവ്യസനം, ഭോഗേച്ഛ, ലെെംഗികപരത

sensuality in Kannada

ಸವಿಹ
More languagesFewer languages
sensuality in Arabic
شَهْوَانِيَّة šahwāniyya
sensuality in Persian
شهوانیت šahvâniyyat, نفسانیت nafsâniyyat

Examples of sensuality in a sentence

  • The painting captures the sensuality of human form.
  • Her voice carried a quiet sensuality.

Antonyms of sensuality

Forms of sensuality

pluralsensualities

Origin of sensuality

Derived from Middle French sensualité, derived from Late Latin sēnsuālitātem (“sensibility, capacity for sensation”). By surface analysis, sensual + -ity.

Words formed from sensuality

Words that rhyme with sensuality

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Questions about sensuality

What does sensuality mean?
Sensuality means the state of being sensual or sensuous.
What is sensuality in Urdu?
Sensuality in Urdu is عیش ('aiś). See Sensuality meaning in Urdu.
How do you use sensuality in a sentence?
The painting captures the sensuality of human form.
What part of speech is sensuality?
Sensuality is a noun.
How do you pronounce sensuality?
Sensuality is pronounced /ˌsɛn.ʃuːˈal.ɪ.tiː/ (UK).
What is the plural of sensuality?
The plural of sensuality is sensualities.

Words near sensuality in the dictionary

  1. sensualist
  2. sensualistic
  3. sensualistically
  4. sensualists
  5. sensualities
  6. sensuality
  7. sensualization
  8. sensualizations
  9. sensualize
  10. sensualized
  11. sensualizes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sensuality (page history and authors); عیش (Urdu) (page history and authors); sensuality (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sensuality (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); sensuality (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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