sensual
sensual is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to, or consisting in, the gratification of the senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. Jude 19. The greatest part of men are such as prefer . . . that good which is sensual before whatsoever is most divine. Hooker.
- 2.Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous. No small part of virtue consists in abstaining from that wherein sensual men place their felicity. Atterbury.
- 3.Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- agreeable
- and
- animal
- bask
- bed
- bodily
- bonne
- bouche
- clover
- comfort
- comfortable
- cosy
- creature
- cup
- dainty
- dissipation
- drink
- ease
- eat
- enjoy
- enjoyment
- experience
- fat
- feast
- feel
- fine
- float
- give
- gloat
- gratification
- gusto
- happiness
- hedonism
- intemperance
- land
- lap
- linen
- live
- luxuriate
- luxurious
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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