sensual

adjective

USSEN-shoo-uhl/ˈsɛn.ʃu.əl/UKSEN-syoo-uhl/ˈsɛnsjuːəl/

Often confused with sensuous

3 meanings of sensual

1
adjective
Producing pleasurable or erotic sensations in the body.
The spa promises a sensual hour of hot stones and scented oil.
He wrote her long, sensual letters about the nights they had spent together.
Similarsensuous, erotic, voluptuous
2
adjective
Arousing a strong reaction in the senses.
The tasting menu is a sensual feast of smoky aromas and sharp, bright flavors.
Few novels are as sensual as this one, with its heavy summer heat and the smell of ripe figs.
Similarsensuous, lush, luscious
3
adjective
Relating to the physical senses, or to the world as the senses perceive it.
Medieval philosophers ranked sensual knowledge below the truths reached by reason alone.
Mystics in many traditions teach that the sensual world hides a deeper reality.
Similarsensory, physical, bodily
Oppositespiritual, intellectual

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Origin

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