Sensuous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sensuous \Sen"su*ous\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to the senses, or sensible objects;
        addressing the senses; suggesting pictures or images of
        sense.
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              To this poetry would be made precedent, as being
              less subtle and fine, but more simple, sensuous, and
              passionate.                           --Milton.
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     2. Highly susceptible to influence through the senses.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Sen"su*ous*ly}, adv. --
        {Sen"su*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sensuous
       adj : taking delight in beauty; "the sensuous joy from all things
             fair"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "sensuous":
     Dionysian, appealing, attractive, bacchic, bewitching, captivating,
     charming, delightful, dionysiac, enchanting, engaging, enravishing,
     enthralling, entrancing, epicurean, exquisite, fascinating,
     fetching, fleshy, heart-robbing, hedonistic, intriguing, inviting,
     irresistible, lovely, luscious, lush, luxurious, pleasures,
     prepossessing, ravishing, receptive, rich, sensatory, sensimotor,
     sensitive, sensorial, sensorimotor, sensory, sensual, sumptuous,
     sybaritic, taking, tantalizing, tempting, thrilling, titillative,
     voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching