sensuous
Meaning of sensuous
adjective
- relating to or affecting the senses rather than the intellect.
the work showed a deliberate disregard of the more sensuous and immediately appealing aspects of painting
- attractive or gratifying physically, especially sexually.
her voice was rather deep but very sensuous
mid 17th century: from Latin sensus ‘sense’ + -ous.
Information about sensuous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of sensuous
sen-su-ous
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- sensuous is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
sensuous synonyms
Meaning concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty:
Meaning pleasing; enjoyable:
Meaning giving pleasure or satisfaction:
Meaning having a great deal of money or assets; wealthy:
Meaning splendid and expensive-looking:
Meaning extremely comfortable or elegant, especially when involving great expense:
Meaning relating to moods, feelings, and attitudes:
Meaning relating to sensation or the physical senses; transmitted or perceived by the senses:
Meaning relating to sensation or the senses:
Meaning sexually attractive or exciting:
Meaning tempting and attractive; enticing:
Meaning curvaceous and sexually attractive (typically used of a woman):
Meaning very sexually attractive:
Meaning (of vegetation, especially grass) growing luxuriantly:
Words that rhyme with sensuous
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