Disgusting and Sensuous

Disgusting

Disgusting adjective - Causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment.

Sensuous is an antonym for disgusting.

Sensuous

Sensuous adjective - Pleasing to the physical senses.
Usage example: a gentle, sensuous breeze

Disgusting is an antonym for sensuous.

Both words in one sentence

  • Celibate Hero He himself wrote: "The act of procreation and anything that has any relation to it is so disgusting that human beings would soon die out if there were no pretty faces and sensuous dispositions." - which doesn't necessarily mean he wasn't engaging in it (He was arrested for sodomy, after all).
    Source: Celibate Hero
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