SENSUALITY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

sensuality

noun

as in greed

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

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Recent Examples of sensuality The styles embody Frisoni’s signature design philosophy which captures the tension between sensuality and ease. — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 But the sensuality vibing between Elinor and Ferrars between meetings both furtive and not offers at least one romantic pairing to root for. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026 While the imagery around the show was overtly erotic, from the footage of mating snails and kissing bodies to the music and the projections, the clothes themselves were less about baring skin than creating a sense of sensuality. — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026 Charles Jencks, the late American cultural theorist and a famously exacting critic, saw in its flowing forms both sensuality and an important new direction for architecture. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 But those who crowded into Krasner’s 1958 show at Martha Jackson’s New York gallery, her first since Pollock’s death, encountered her Earth Green series—paintings that exploded in vibrant color and exuded life, sensuality, fecundity, and freedom. — Mary Gabriel, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026

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Noun

When a quarrel over an inheritance revives old hostilities, their relationship comes under pressure from greed and treachery in a conflict not of their making.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
The lawsuits, in his eyes, are simply cases of personal misfortune and landlord greed.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of greed

Noun

The rich textures and thick ambiance of The Eyes of Others are pure high modernist 1960s Italian cinema, but De Sica unfurls the film’s winding intrigues with a contemporary sense of suspense, carnality, and visual boldness.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
But as Maud's God begins to talk back, and her desperate pleas for divine intervention send her into fits of orgasmic fervor and desperate carnality, Glass hints at the depths of mania powering the nurse's dedication.

— Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025

Definition of carnality

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And 1014 Gallery’s show of Vincent Wechselberger’s handprints, documenting the hedonism and tenderness that have colored a decade of the photographer’s life in Berlin, is reason enough for a Dalston detour.

— Mahoro Seward, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
The dance floor can be both refuge and revolution, and throughout Latin America, women are leading the sounds and scenes committed to sweaty hedonism.

— Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

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