sensualize
sensualize · sensualizes · sensualized · sensualizing
To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasureTo make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure.
Meaning
1 sensesTo make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure.
More definitions
- debase through carnal gratification
- ascribe to an origin in sensation
- represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture
Origin
From sensual + -ize.From sensual + -ize.
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Forms
sensualizes, sensualizing, sensualized, sensualized| Base form | sensualize · to sensualize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sensualizes |
| Present participle | sensualizing |
| Past simple | sensualized |
| Past participle | sensualized |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- debase through carnal gratification:sensualisecarnalizecarnalise
- ascribe to an origin in sensation:carnalize
- represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture:carnalize
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle