Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sensual
IPA transcription: [s'ɛnʃəwəl]
Pronunciations of sensual
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: animal(a), carnal, fleshly, sensual
    Meaning: marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"
Usage examples
  • At length Michael sated himself with the mere sensual music of the voice of the man in buttons.
  • It isn't only that we have the happiest possible married life, you probably won't believe me when I tell you so, but his death would deprive me of everything else that I own in the world." Or another will tell us, "You mean that I have sensual desires toward my sister?
  • Fortunately, though it was the almost universal custom to use liquors, Horace was a teetotaler, and despised chewing or smoking tobacco, which he regarded "as the vilest, most detestable abuse of his corrupted sensual appetites whereof depraved man is capable;" therefore he had no fear of temptation from these sources.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Zelda Fitzgerald, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cleavage (breasts), License CC BY-SA 4.0