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sensuality

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sensuality

excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
  • some readers objected to the novel's graphic depiction of sensuality
Synonyms of sensuality

carnality, debauchery, hedonism, sybaritism, voluptuousness
Words Related to sensuality

venery, wantonness

greed, rapaciousness, rapacity, ravenousness

dissipation, gluttony, immoderation, intemperance, self-indulgence
Antonyms of sensuality

abstinence, asceticism, sobriety, temperance

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