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Synonyms for sensual
ˈsɛn ʃu əlsen·su·al
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
sensual
A brutish man simply follows his animal instincts, without special inclination to do harm; the brutal have always a spirit of malice and cruelty. Brute has no special character, except as indicating what a brute might possess; much the same is true of animal, except that animal leans more to the side of sensuality, brute to that of force, as appears in the familiar phrase "brute force." Hunger is an animal appetite; a brute impulse suddenly prompts one to strike a blow in anger. Bestial, in modern usage, implies an intensified and degrading animalism. Any supremacy of the animal or brute instincts over the intellectual and spiritual in man is base and vile. Beastly refers largely to the outward and visible consequences of excess; as, beastly drunkenness. Compare ANIMAL.
Synonyms:
animal, base, beastly, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish, carnal, coarse, ignorant, imbruted, insensible, lascivious, sottish, stolid, stupid, swinish, unintellectual, unspiritual, vileAntonyms:
elevated, enlightened, exalted, grand, great, humane, intellectual, intelligent, noble, refined
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
sensual
Synonyms:
carnal, fleshly, animal, voluptuous, lewdAntonyms:
spiritual, intellectual, selfdenying, abstinent, abstemious, continent, ethereal, ascetic
Princeton's WordNet
animal(a), carnal, fleshly, sensualadjective
marked by the appetites and passions of the body
"animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"
sensual, sultryadjective
sexually exciting or gratifying
"sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance"
Synonyms:
sulphurous, sulfurous, stifling, animal(a), fleshly, carnal, sultry
Dictionary of English Synonymes
sensualadjective
Synonyms:
carnal, fleshly, unspiritualsensualadjective
Synonyms:
voluptuous, luxurioussensualadjective
Synonyms:
lewd, dissolute, licentious
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sensualadjective
Synonyms:
unspiritual, carnal, fleshly, sensuous, voluptuous, luxurious, sybaritic, wanton, licentious, self-indulgent
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#988 | base | |
#1294 | animal | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#9271 | brutal | |
#14475 | coarse | |
#14614 | ignorant | |
#16950 | sensual | |
#23477 | brute | |
#27379 | vile | |
#37394 | carnal | |
#40186 | sultry | |
#42298 | sensuous | |
#44529 | voluptuous | |
#45987 | lewd | |
#51207 | stifling | |
#54728 | bestial | |
#70510 | beastly | |
#72930 | brutish | |
#82528 | lascivious | |
#102330 | insensible | |
#107446 | fleshly | |
#143096 | stolid | |
#194842 | sulfurous | |
#206618 | sulphurous | |
#301771 | unspiritual |
How to use sensual in a sentence?
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.
The sensual and spiritual are linked together by a mysterious bond, sensed by our emotions, though hidden from our eyes. To this double nature of the visible and invisible world -- to the profound longing for the latter, coupled with the feeling of the sweet necessity for the former, we owe all sound and logical systems of philosophy, truly based on the immutable principles of our nature, just as from the same source arise the most senseless enthusiasms.
We have created a manic world nauseous with the pursuit of material wealth. Many also bear their cross of imagined deprivation, while their fellow human beings remain paralyzed by real poverty. We drown in the thick sweetness of our sensual excess, and our shameless opulence, while our discontent souls suffocate in the arid wasteland of spiritual deprivation.
Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife, Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life, Is worth an age without name.
To be thought to be a moron to the eyes of an idiot is a gourmet's sensual delight!
Translations for sensual
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- حسيArabic
- sensualCatalan, Valencian
- smyslnýCzech
- sinnlichGerman
- احساساتیPersian
- sensuelliFinnish
- voluptueux, sensuelFrench
- feòlmhor, collaidhScottish Gaelic
- कामुकHindi
- sensualeItalian
- חוּשָׁנִיHebrew
- sensualeLatin
- sensualPortuguese
- чувственныйRussian
- pȕten, čȗlan, sȅnzūalanSerbo-Croatian
- nhục dục, xác thịtVietnamese
- 感官的Chinese
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