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noun, plural sen·su·al·i·ties.sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry. unrestrained indulgence in sensual pleasures. lewdness; unchastity. Sometimes sen·su·al·ness [sen-shoo-uhl-nis] /ˈsɛn ʃu əl nɪs/ . Origin of sensuality1300–50; Middle English sensualite<Old French <Late Latin sēnsuālitās.See sensual, -ity OTHER WORDS FROM sensualityan·ti·sen·su·al·i·ty, noun, plural an·ti·sen·su·al·i·ties, adjectivehy·per·sen·su·al·i·ty, nounnon·sen·su·al·i·ty, nounWords nearby sensualitysensory speech center, sensory urgency, sensual, sensualism, sensualist, sensuality, sensualize, sensum, sensuous, Sensurround, sent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sensualityThe premise comes and goes, however, and even the rest of “Clouds” focuses more on sensuality than sci-fi. Prince Returns From the Wilderness and, Thankfully, Is as Restless as Ever|Keith Phipps|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST His photographs major on legs, lips, sensuality of the female form? Vogue Photographer Erwin Blumenfeld: Secrets of a Fashion Legend|Tim Teeman|September 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST No historian, biographer, or myth-maker such as Carl Sandberg has ever written about his sensuality. Lincoln in Love|Jerome Charyn|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST We can feel her sensuality and willfulness in the first daguerreotype we have of Mary, taken in 1846, when she was twenty-seven. Lincoln in Love|Jerome Charyn|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is in no way my job to embody an idealized form of beauty and sensuality. Angelina’s Bold Boob Move|Michelle Cottle|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST The good knight complains of the great advances of sensuality, and permits and advises the marriage of all knights. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 5|Various In the intervals of his serious labors Napoleon gave way to a life of sensuality, and the women were prodigal of their charms. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane Sensuality is the chief of sins, filial duty the best of acts. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889|Barkham Burroughs Subdue pride, and sensuality, and fancy, and you may escape prodigality. A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4)|Richard Baxter Such creatures are the natural prey of artful women; their very stolidity covers all but sensuality. Tomlinsoniana|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for sensuality
noun plural -tiesthe quality or state of being sensual excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures Derived forms of sensualitysensualist (ˈsɛnsjʊəlɪst), nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sensualitysexuality, eroticism, hotness, passion, voluptuousness, lustiness, sensualism, steaminess, carnality, lasciviousness, animalism, animality, salaciousness, suggestiveness, provocativeness, fleshliness |