Sensuous
adjective
Relating to senses or physical sensation rather than the mind.
The scent of the flowers created a sensuous atmosphere in the room.
adjective
Attractive and pleasing to the senses.
The painting is known for its sensuous colours.
Often appears as...
- sensuous colours
- sensuous shapes
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Approving
Academic
adjective
Relating to senses or physical sensation rather than the mind.
The scent of the flowers created a sensuous atmosphere in the room.
adjective
Attractive and pleasing to the senses.
The painting is known for its sensuous colours.
Often appears as...
- sensuous colours
- sensuous shapes
Usage tips
Approving
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Experience
Emphasizes a deep physical pleasure or appreciation that involves the senses, often tactile.
Lying on the soft grass, I reveled in the sensuous feeling of nature.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Intellectual
Implies a focus on bodily or sensory experience rather than mental or intellectual perceptions.
She preferred the sensuous delights of a warm bath over reading a book.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Response
Can be used to describe something that provokes a strong emotional reaction through the senses.
The chef's new dish was not only delicious but also sensuously appealing.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Experience
Emphasizes a deep physical pleasure or appreciation that involves the senses, often tactile.
Lying on the soft grass, I reveled in the sensuous feeling of nature.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Intellectual
Implies a focus on bodily or sensory experience rather than mental or intellectual perceptions.
She preferred the sensuous delights of a warm bath over reading a book.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Response
Can be used to describe something that provokes a strong emotional reaction through the senses.
The chef's new dish was not only delicious but also sensuously appealing.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Experience
Emphasizes a deep physical pleasure or appreciation that involves the senses, often tactile.
Lying on the soft grass, I reveled in the sensuous feeling of nature.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Intellectual
Implies a focus on bodily or sensory experience rather than mental or intellectual perceptions.
She preferred the sensuous delights of a warm bath over reading a book.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Response
Can be used to describe something that provokes a strong emotional reaction through the senses.
The chef's new dish was not only delicious but also sensuously appealing.
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On the Road With Andrew...
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On the Road With Andrew...
you know sensuous and what is it that you remember in particular this woman you know it just you know the kindness of strangers dawn I mean I find a lot of my trips er you know like that that's
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How do you build a...
capturing the blue light of dawn, tent-like white light of day, the gold light of the afternoon, and of course, at night, the sensuous,
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Quote examples
Justin Cartwright
British Novelist
As I read 'The Infinities', with its magical, playful richness, its sensuous delight in the power of language to convey the strangeness and beauty of being human, I wondered if J. M. Coetzee, with his bleak, pared-down, elemental view of the world, had ever read a Banville and, if he had, whether he had envied him his astonishing powers.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
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Simon Schama
British Historian
The novelist's obligation to remake the sensuous texture of a vanished world is also the historian's. The strongest fiction writers often do deep research to make the thought and utterances of lost time credible.
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Kate Chopin
American Author
The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached.
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Richard Wagner
German Composer
I was in a state of gnawing, sensuous agitation that excited continually both blood and nerves when I sketched out the music for 'Tannhauser' and brought it to completion.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.
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Pam Dawber
American Actress
I need to end up with someone who is strong, intelligent, independent, someone I really admire - sensitive, sensuous, warm, a sense of humor.
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Philip Pullman
British Writer
The best sort of activity is one that combines mental effort with sensuous delight. That's why I love drawing.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
American Aviator
The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid.
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Riya Sen
Indian Actress
I think belly dancing is very sensuous.
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Justin Cartwright
British Novelist
As I read 'The Infinities', with its magical, playful richness, its sensuous delight in the power of language to convey the strangeness and beauty of being human, I wondered if J. M. Coetzee, with his bleak, pared-down, elemental view of the world, had ever read a Banville and, if he had, whether he had envied him his astonishing powers.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
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Simon Schama
British Historian
The novelist's obligation to remake the sensuous texture of a vanished world is also the historian's. The strongest fiction writers often do deep research to make the thought and utterances of lost time credible.
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Kate Chopin
American Author
The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached.
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Richard Wagner
German Composer
I was in a state of gnawing, sensuous agitation that excited continually both blood and nerves when I sketched out the music for 'Tannhauser' and brought it to completion.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish Writer
The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.
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Pam Dawber
American Actress
I need to end up with someone who is strong, intelligent, independent, someone I really admire - sensitive, sensuous, warm, a sense of humor.
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Philip Pullman
British Writer
The best sort of activity is one that combines mental effort with sensuous delight. That's why I love drawing.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
American Aviator
The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid.
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Riya Sen
Indian Actress
I think belly dancing is very sensuous.
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