Desire for sensual pleasures.

synonyms: sensualism, sensualness.

Roget 374a: sex, sexuality, gender; male, masculinity, maleness etc. 373; female, femininity etc. 374.    sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex; lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union; sleeping together, carnal knowledge.    sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence; hots, horns [Coll.]; arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus; tumescence; erection, hard-on, boner.    masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self-abuse.    orgasm, climax, ejaculation.    sexiness, attractiveness; sensuality, voluptuousness.    [sexual intercourse outside of marriage] fornication, adultery.    [person who is sexy] sex symbol, sex goddess; stud, hunk.    one-night stand.    pornography, porn, porno; hardcore pornography, softcore pornography; pin-up, cheesecake; beefcake; [magazines with sexual photos], Playboy, Esquire, Hustler.    [unorthodox sexual activity] perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality; fetish, fetishism; homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality; sodomy, buggery; pederasty; sadism.    masochism, sado-masochism; incest.    ... show more

Roget 377: pleasure; physical pleasure, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure; bodily enjoyment, animal gratification, hedonism, sensuality; luxuriousness etc. adj.; dissipation, round of pleasure, titillation, gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease; pillow etc. (support) 215; luxury, lap of luxury; purple and fine linen; bed of downs, bed of roses; velvet, clover; cup of Circe etc. (intemperance) 954.    treat; refreshment, regale; feast; delice [Fr.]; dainty etc. 394; bonne bouche [Fr.].    source of pleasure etc. 829; happiness etc. (mental enjoyment) 827.    ... show more

Roget 954: intemperance; sensuality, animalism, carnality; tragalism^†; pleasure; effeminacy, silkiness; luxury, luxuriousness; lap of pleasure, lap of luxury; free living.    indulgence; high living, wild living, inabstinence^†, self-indulgence; voluptuousness etc. adj.; epicurism, epicureanism; sybaritism; drug habit.    dissipation; licentiousness etc. adj.; debauchery; crapulence^†.    revels, revelry; debauch, carousal, jollification, drinking bout, wassail, saturnalia, orgies; excess, too much.    Circean cup.    [drugs of abuse: list] bhang, hashish, marijuana, pot [Coll.], hemp [Coll.], grass [Coll.]; opium, cocaine, morphine, heroin; LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide [Chem]; phencyclidine, angel dust, PCP; barbiturates; amphetamines, speed [Coll.].    ... show more

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