sensual

Universal Words adjective 1 connected with your physical feelings; giving pleasure to your physical senses, especially sexual pleasure: sensual pleasure / delight * Food is a great sensual experience. 2 suggesting an interest in physical pleasure, especially sexual pleasure: sensual lips / eyes * He was darkly sensual and mysterious. sensuality noun [U]: the sensuality of his poetry * Her face had an air of sleepy sensuality. sensually adverb ______________________________ WHICHWORD? sensual / sensuous / sensory These adjectives are frequently used with the following nouns: sensual ~ sensuous ~ sensory ~ pleasure mouth perception mouth lips stimulation desire pleasure experience woman colour deprivation voice music Sensual and sensuous are very similar and refer to things that give pleasure to your senses, especially sexual pleasure, or that suggest an interest in sexual pleasure. Sensuous also describes the pleasure that art and music can give to your senses. Sensory is used in technical contexts and means 'connected with the senses'. ______________________________