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Sensual

🔄 Synonyms of "Sensual"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
sultry(figuratively) Sexually enthralling.
carnalRelating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
hotverbRelating to heat and conditions which produce it.
animalnoun(sciences) Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).
physicalnounPertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world.
fleshlyOf or relating to pleasurable (often sexual) sensations.

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WordDefinition
carnalRelating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
fleshlyOf or relating to pleasurable (often sexual) sensations.
hotRelating to heat and conditions which produce it.
sultry(figuratively) Sexually enthralling.
physicalPertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world.
animalOf or relating to animals.
sensuousAppealing to the senses, or to sensual gratification.
eroticnounRelating to or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
voluptuous(of a woman) Curvaceous and sexually attractive.
lasciviousWanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.
lustfulFull of lust; driven by lust.
salaciousPromoting sexual desire or lust.
sexualnounArising from the fact of being male or female; pertaining to sex or gender, or to the social relations between the sexes.
amorousInclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
lecherousGiven to excessive sexual activity and debauchery.
libidinousHaving lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.
prurientArousing or appealing to sexual desire.
passionateverbGiven to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
dissolutenounRecklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.
licentiousLacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.

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