sensualize

[ sen-shoo-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, sen·su·al·ized, sen·su·al·iz·ing.

1. to render sensual.

Other Words From

• sensu·al·i·zation noun
• un·sensu·al·ized adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sensualize¹

First recorded in 1605–15; sensual + -ize

Example Sentences

With nine dancers moving slowly and rhythmically in couples or groups, the performances sensualize and sexualize the houses.

From New York Times

All illustrates the truth that sensualized men necessarily undervalue and laugh at women.

From Project Gutenberg

To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.

From Project Gutenberg

Aschenbach lurches from overly repressed to overly sensualized, dyeing his hair, rouging his cheeks and stuffing his mouth with overripe strawberries.

From New York Times

Pope spoke of men "sensualized by pleasure" like those who were "changed into brutes by Circe."

From Project Gutenberg