sensuous
gratifying the senses: You can wear your denim jacket, but the sensuous look and feel of a velvet blazer will elevate your outfit.
of or relating to the senses or objects that can be perceived by the senses; sensory; material: His observations based on sensuous experience seem self-evident, but the subsequent speculations are far-fetched.Aristotelian scholarly tradition subjected the sensuous qualities of music to mathematical and metaphysical analysis.
Origin of sensuous
1synonym study For sensuous
Other words for sensuous
Other words from sensuous
- sen·su·ous·ly, adverb
- sen·su·ous·ness, sen·su·os·i·ty [sen-shoo-os-i-tee], /ˌsɛn ʃuˈɒs ɪ ti/, noun
- an·ti·sen·su·ous, adjective
- an·ti·sen·su·ous·ness, noun
- hy·per·sen·su·ous, adjective
- hy·per·sen·su·ous·ness, noun
- non·sen·su·ous, adjective
- non·sen·su·ous·ness, noun
- sub·sen·su·ous, adjective
- sub·sen·su·ous·ness, noun
- su·per·sen·su·ous, adjective
- su·per·sen·su·ous·ness, noun
- un·sen·su·ous, adjective
- un·sen·su·ous·ness, noun
Words that may be confused with sensuous
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British Dictionary definitions for sensuous
/ (ˈsɛnsjʊəs) /
aesthetically pleasing to the senses
appreciative of or moved by qualities perceived by the senses
of, relating to, or derived from the senses
Origin of sensuous
1Derived forms of sensuous
- sensuously, adverb
- sensuousness, noun
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