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| Main Entry: | sensual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | physical, erotic |
| Synonyms: | X-rated*, animal, bodily, carnal, debauched, delightful, epicurean, exciting, fleshly, heavy*, hot*, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, licentious, lustful, moving, pleasing, rough, sensuous, sexual, sexy, steamy, stimulating, stirring, tactile, voluptuous, animalistic, arousing, hedonic, sharpened, unchaste, unspiritual |
| Notes: | sensuous usually implies gratification of the senses for the sake of aesthetic pleasure; sensual usually describes gratification of the senses or physical appetites as an end in itself |
| Antonyms: | abstemious, chaste, mental |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | animal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beastlike; carnal |
| Synonyms: | beastly, bestial, bodily, brute, corporeal, earthly, earthy, feral, fleshy, muscular, natural, physical, sensual, untamed, wild, brutish, mammalian, zoological |
| Main Entry: | bodily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning animate structure |
| Synonyms: | actual, animal, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, gross, human, material, natural, normal, organic, physical, sensual, substantial, tangible, somatic, unspiritual |
| Antonyms: | mental, soulful, spiritual |
| Main Entry: | epicurean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loving food and finer things |
| Synonyms: | gluttonous, gourmet, libertine, lush, luxurious, self-indulgent, sensual, sensuous, voluptuous, gourmandizing, hedonistic, pleasure-seeking, sybaritic |
| Main Entry: | erotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexy |
| Synonyms: | amative, amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, bawdy, blue*, carnal, concupiscent, earthy, fervid, filthy, fleshly, hot*, impassioned, kinky*, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, obscene, off-color*, prurient, purple*, raunchy, raw, romantic, rousing, salacious, seductive, sensual, sexual, spicy, steamy, stimulating, suggestive, voluptuous, erogenous, titillating, venereal |
| Antonyms: | bland, cold, dull, frigid, unerotic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lascivious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexually aroused; displaying excessive interest in sex |
| Synonyms: | X-rated*, bawdy, blue, bodily, carnal, coarse, crude, evil-minded, fast*, fleshly, gross*, hard-core*, hot*, immoral, incontinent, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lustful, nasty, obscene, off-color*, offensive, pornographic, prurient, randy, raunchy*, raw, ribald, rough, salacious, scurrilous, sensual, smutty*, steamy, suggestive, voluptuous, vulgar, wanton, low-down*, lubricious, orgiastic, soft-core, unchaste |
| Antonyms: | chaste, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lecherous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lustful, lewd |
| Synonyms: | carnal, concupiscent, corrupt, fast*, hot and heavy, incontinent, lascivious, libertine, libidinous, licentious, prurient, raunchy*, salacious, sensual, wanton, low-down*, lubricous, satyric, unchaste |
| Antonyms: | chaste, clean |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | libidinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lustful |
| Synonyms: | carnal, coarse, concupiscent, debauched, fast, hot*, impure, incontinent, lascivious, lecherous, libertine, loose*, obscene, passionate, prurient, salacious, sensual, wanton, wicked, satyric, unchaste |
| Antonyms: | clean, decent, moral |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | licentious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, animal, carnal, corrupt, debauched, depraved, desirous, disorderly, dissolute, fast, fast and loose, fleshly, impure, incontinent, lascivious, lax, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, loose*, lustful, profligate, promiscuous, reprobate, salacious, scabrous, sensual, swinging, uncontrollable, unprincipled, unruly, wanton, amoral, in the fast lane, lickerish, lubricious, oversexed, relaxed, satyric, unconstrained, uncurbed, unmoral |
| Antonyms: | chaste, good, innocent, moral, controlled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | luxurious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affluent, indulgent |
| Synonyms: | comfortable, costly, deluxe, easy, elaborate, epicurean, expensive, extravagant, fancy, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, gratifying, immoderate, imposing, impressive, lavish, luscious, lush, magnificent, majestic, opulent, ostentatious, palatial, pleasurable, plush, posh, pretentious, rich, ritzy*, self-indulgent, sensual, sensuous, splendid, stately, sumptuous, voluptuous, well-appointed, fit for a king/ queen, hedonistic, in the lap of luxury, pampered, pleasure-loving, plushy, sybaritic, upscale |
| Antonyms: | austere, frugal, poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | materialistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thinking mainly about physical things |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, carnal, earthy, greedy, material, mundane, possessive, profane, secular, sensual, temporal, terrestrial, banausic, earthly-minded, object-oriented, unspiritual |
| Antonyms: | spiritual, thrifty, ungreedy |
| Main Entry: | prurient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lascivious |
| Synonyms: | bawdy, carnal, crude, desirous, erotic, fleshly, horny, hot*, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lustful, obscene, offensive, pornographic, raunchy*, salacious, sensual, sexual, smutty*, suggestive, vulgar, orgiastic, unchaste |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | salacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lascivious |
| Synonyms: | bawdy, carnal, erotic, fast*, horny, hot*, indecent, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, lustful, nasty, obscene, prurient, raunchy, sensual, smutty*, steamy, suggestive, voluptuous, wanton, lubricious, orgiastic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sensory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affecting animate nerve organs |
| Synonyms: | acoustic, audible, auditory, auricular, clear, discernible, distinct, ocular, perceptible, plain, receptive, sensational, sensible, sensual, tactile, visual, afferent, audiovisual, aural, gustative, gustatory, hearable, lingual, neural, neurological, olfactive, olfactory, ophthalmic, optic, phonic, sensatory, sonic |
| Main Entry: | sensuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gratifying to senses |
| Synonyms: | carnal, epicurean, exciting, fleshly, fleshy, luscious, lush, luxurious, passionate, physical, pleasurable, rich, self-indulgent, sensory, sensual, sumptuous, voluptuous, hedonistic, pleasure-loving, pleasure-seeking, primrose, sensualistic, sybaritic |
| Antonyms: | despicable, distasteful |
| Main Entry: | sexual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning reproduction, intercourse |
| Synonyms: | animal, bestial, carnal, erotic, fleshly, intimate, loving, passionate, reproductive, sensual, sharing, voluptuous, wanton, animalistic, generative, genital, genitive, procreative, venereal |
| Antonyms: | asexual, nonsexual |
| Main Entry: | sexy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being erotically attractive to another |
| Synonyms: | cuddly, flirtatious, hot*, inviting, libidinous, mature, provocative, provoking, racy, risqué, seductive, sensual, sensuous, slinky, spicy*, steamy, suggestive, voluptuous, arousing, come-hither, kissable, titillating |
| Antonyms: | disgusting, unattractive, unsexy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | X-rated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pornographic |
| Synonyms: | adult, bawdy, dirty, erotic, fleshy, hard-core, immoral, indecent, lascivious, lewd, obscene, off-color, offensive, raunchy, sensual, sexual, sexy, smutty*, steamy, porn, porno |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concupiscent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lustful |
| Synonyms: | carnal, desirous, sensual |
| Main Entry: | lustful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lecherous |
| Synonyms: | lascivious, lewd, libidinous, sensual, wanton, lubricious |
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