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sensual

/sen-shoo-uhl/US // ˈsɛn ʃu əl //UK // (ˈsɛnsjʊəl) //

感性的,感性,感性的东西,性感的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
    • : lacking in moral restraints; lewd or unchaste.
    • : arousing or exciting the senses or appetites.
    • : worldly; materialistic; irreligious.
    • : of or relating to the senses or physical sensation; sensory.
    • : pertaining to the philosophical doctrine of sensationalism.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.physical, erotic

Examples

  • Seeing him, his extra large lips whispered something to a fellow inmate as they shared sensual smiles.

  • Park directs with a creativity and confidence buoyed by his geographic relocation of the source material, introducing a playful chronology and leaning into bold, sensual images.

  • Blood is running free—sometimes gross, sometimes sensual—in pop culture.

  • The actor transformed from a sensual Marilyn Monroe to a whimsical Salvador Dali to a starving migrant mother, seamlessly.

  • Game of Thrones had an overly sensual libertine while House of Cards had a manipulative psychopath.

  • “Sexy Danger” has all the wild, sensual energy of “Drunk in Love,” but with absolutely no words!

  • So I felt it was really important to create a very sensual film that could also tell a story.

  • Some peculiar lines between these contracted brows gave a character of ferocity to this forbidding and sensual face.

  • How could she be at the same time both cruel and tender, both true and false, frank and secretive, spiritual and sensual?

  • The religion they preached was not adapted to please sensual men; even infidels admit that they preached a pure morality.

  • The sensual and abominable Carinus displayed the extravagancies of Heliogabalus, aggravated by the cruelty of Domitian.

  • His tastes and desires were manifested by his sensual lips, his small, dull eyes and throaty voice.