- 1connected with your physical feelings; giving pleasure to your physical senses, especially sexual pleasure sensual pleasure Food is a great sensual experience.
- 2suggesting an interest in physical pleasure, especially sexual pleasure sensual lips He was darkly sensual and mysterious.
NAmE//ˌsɛnʃuˈælət̮i//
noun [uncountable] the sensuality of his poetry Her face had an air of sleepy sensuality. NAmE//ˈsɛnʃuəli//
adverbSee sensual in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: sensual