Sensualising

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Causing something to stimulate the senses or arouse physical pleasure
2. Transforming an experience or object to enhance sensory or bodily enjoyment
3. Turning an aspect into one that provokes sensual or physical attraction

Etymology: "Sensualising" is the present participle and gerund of "sensualise", which is formed from "sensual" with the verb-forming suffix "-ise". The base word "sensual" comes from Late Latin "sensualis", meaning "pertaining to the senses", built from Latin "sensus", "feeling" or "perception". That original sense is neutral: anything that acts on the senses is sensual in it. The word's current association with physical pleasure and appetite developed later, and the verb carries the same shift, so "sensualising" describes the act of making something appeal to the body's pleasures rather than to the mind.

Synonyms: indulging, pleasuring, satisfying

Antonyms: asceticism, denying, restraining