have the hots[coll]; become aroused, get hot; have an erection, get it
up.
come, climax, ejaculate.
Adj. sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual.
hot, horny, randy, rutting; passionate, lusty, hot-blooded,
libidinous; up, in the mood.
homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.
% 2. SENSATION Sensation in general %
#375. Physical
Sensibility. — N. sensibility; sensitiveness
&c. adj.;
physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity,
aesthetics; moral sensibility &c. 822.
sensation, impression;
consciousness &c. (knowledge) 490.
external senses.
V. be sensible of &c.
adj.; feel, perceive.
render sensible &c.
adj.; sharpen, cultivate, tutor.
cause sensation, impress;
excite an impression, produce an impression.
Adj. sensible, sensitive,
sensuous; aesthetic, perceptive, sentient;
conscious &c. (aware) 490.
acute, sharp, keen,
vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned.
Adv. to the quick.
Phr. “the touch’d
needle trembles to the pole” [Pope].
#376. Physical
Insensibility. — N. insensibility, physical
insensibility; obtuseness &c. adj.; palsy, paralysis,
paraesthesia[Med], anaesthesia; sleep &c. 823; hemiplegia[obs3],
motor paralysis; vegetable state; coma.
anaesthetic agent, opium,
ether, chloroform, chloral; nitrous oxide,
laughing gas; exhilarating gas, protoxide of nitrogen[ISA:chemsubcfs];
refrigeration.
V. be insensible &c.
adj.; have a thick skin, have a rhinoceros hide.
render insensible &c.
adj.; anaesthetize[obs3], blunt, pall,
obtund[obs3], benumb, paralyze; put under the influence
of chloroform &c. n.; stupefy, stun.
Adj. insensible, unfeeling,
senseless, impercipient[obs3], callous,
thick-skinned, pachydermatous; hard, hardened; case
hardened; proof, obtuse, dull; anaesthetic; comatose,
paralytic, palsied, numb, dead.
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#377. Physical
Pleasure. — N. pleasure; physical pleasure,
sensual
pleasure, sensuous pleasure; bodily enjoyment, animal
gratification, hedonism, sensuality; luxuriousness
&c. adj.; dissipation, round of pleasure, titillation,
gusto, creature comforts, comfort, ease; pillow &c.
(support) 215; luxury, lap of luxury; purple and fine
linen; bed of downs, bed of roses; velvet, clover;
cup of Circe &c. (intemperance) 954.
treat; refreshment,
regale; feast; delice[Fr]; dainty &c. 394; bonne
bouche[Fr].
source of pleasure &c.
829; happiness &c. (mental enjoyment) 827.
V. feel pleasure, experience
pleasure, receive pleasure; enjoy,
relish; luxuriate in, revel in, riot in, bask in,
swim in, drink up, eat up, wallow in; feast on; gloat
over, float on; smack the lips.
live on the fat of the
land, live in comfort &c. adv.; bask in the
sunshine, faire ses choux gras[Fr]..


