Definition of "sensual" []

• Relating to or affecting any of the senses or a sense organ; sensory. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, given to, or providing gratification of the physical and especially the sexual appetites. See Synonyms at sensuous. (adjective)
• Suggesting sexuality; voluptuous. (adjective)
• Physical rather than spiritual or intellectual. (adjective)
• Lacking in moral or spiritual interests; worldly. (adjective)

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• "By adding an e to the word sensual, the manufacturer not only gives a frenchified twist to the term but also enables the “lightly lined underwire” to be trademarked."
• "In this appetite resides, or from it proceeds, the love which we call sensual or brutish, which yet properly speaking ought not to be termed love but simply appetite."
• "Hindu fundamentalists got to hound a highly respected Muslim artist out of the country because he made paintings that depicted Hindu goddesses in sensual poses."