sensuous
/ˈsɛnʃuəs/
sensuous adjective: appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.
Adjective
sensuous (comparative more sensuous, superlative most sensuous)
- Appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.
- Although we rarely see Casanova himself on our tour of his sensuous world, we feel his presence as we look at paintings, sculpture, snuff boxes, embroidered vests, silk dresses, silver candy dishes, etc.
- Of or relating to the senses; sensory.
- The antithetical features of atomist doctrine are no longer seen as undetermining the principle of the atom, or negating sensuous appearance, but rather as intrinsic to both. Nature is full of contradictions […]2000, Daniel Tiffany, Toy Medium: Materialism and Modern Lyric, page 173
- Appreciative of stimulation
- I consider myself a sensuous lover.
sensuous meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
sensuous in Bengali
- ইন্দ্রিয়গ্রাহ্য, ইন্দ্রিয়সুখদায়ক
sensuous in Malayalam
- ഇന്ദ്രിയസുഖം പകരുന്ന, ഇന്ദ്രിയജ്ഞാനബോധമുള്ള, ഇന്ദ്രിയസംവേദിയായ, ഇന്ദ്രിയഗോചരമായ
sensuous in Kannada
- ಇಂದ್ರಿಯ ಗ್ರಾಹ್ಯ, ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಬೀರುವ, ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗತ
Examples of sensuous in a sentence
- A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.
- The man was the Sperminator — melting all logic and self-restraint in his sensuous wake.
- His playing is richly imaginative, often sensuous, and always rockingly rhythmic.
Forms of sensuous
| comparative | more sensuous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sensuous |
Origin of sensuous
From Latin sensus (“sense”) + English -ous.
Words formed from sensuous
Questions about sensuous
- What does sensuous mean?
- Sensuous means appealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.
- What is sensuous in Bengali?
- Sensuous in Bengali is ইন্দ্রিয়গ্রাহ্য, ইন্দ্রিয়সুখদায়ক. See Sensuous meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is sensuous?
- Sensuous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce sensuous?
- Sensuous is pronounced /ˈsɛnʃuəs/.
Words near sensuous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sensuous (page history and authors); sensuous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sensuous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sensuous (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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