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sensualize

verb

To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure.

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carnalize sensualise carnalise

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Meanings

verbsensualize (third-person singular simple present sensualizes, present participle sensualizing, simple past and past participle sensualized)

present singular third person sensualizes · participle present sensualizing · participle past sensualized · past sensualized · alternative sensualise

transitiveTo make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure.
Not to suffer oneself to be sensualized by pleasures
1725–1726, Homer, “(please specify the book or chapter of the Odyssey)”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
2 more examples
By that one neglect [of prayer], thy thoughts are sensualized.
1839, Thomas Harvey Skinner, Religion of the Bible: In Select Discourses
normalizing and sensualizing condom use may be of great benefit
1993, Scott C. Ratzan, Aids: Effective Health Communication For The 90s

Synonyms & antonyms

verbrepresent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture

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represent interpret

verbascribe to an origin in sensation

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impute ascribe assign

verbdebase through carnal gratification

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sensualise carnalize carnalise

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corrupt pervert subvert

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sensual + -ize.

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Cite this entry

APA

sensualize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensualize

MLA

“sensualize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensualize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sensualize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensualize.

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