sensuousness

sen·su·ous

 (sĕn′sho͞o-əs)

adj.

1.

a. Relating to or involving gratification of the senses: sensuous enjoyment; sensuous music.

b. Sexually attractive.

2. Relating to or affecting the senses; sensory: direct, sensuous experience of the world.

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sen′su·os′i·ty (-ŏs′ĭ-tē), sen′su·ous·ness (-əs-nĭs) n.

sen′su·ous·ly adv.

Synonyms: sensuous, sensual, luxurious, voluptuous
These adjectives mean of, given to, or furnishing satisfaction of the senses. Sensuous usually applies to the senses involved in aesthetic enjoyment, as of art or music: "The sensuous joy from all things fair / His strenuous bent of soul repressed" (John Greenleaf Whittier).
Sensual more often applies to the physical senses or appetites, particularly those associated with sexual pleasure: "Of music Dr. Johnson used to say that it was the only sensual pleasure without vice" (William Seward).
Luxurious suggests a surrender to physical comfort leading to a delightful feeling of well-being: They stayed in a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs. Voluptuous principally implies abandoning oneself to pleasures, especially sensual pleasures: "Lucullus ... returned to Rome to lounge away the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence" (J.A. Froude).

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sensuousness - a sensuous feeling sensibility - refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions; "cruelty offended his sensibility"

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sensuousness

noun

The quality or condition of being sensuous:

sensualism, sensuality, voluptuousness.

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Translations

sensuousness

[ˈsensjʊəsnɪs] N → sensualidad f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sensuousness

n → Sinnlichkeit f, → Sinnenhaftigkeit f

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sensuousness

[ˈsɛnsjʊəsnɪs] n → l'essere sensuoso/a

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