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1 : felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
2 : not intellectual : instinctive, unreasoning
3 : dealing with crude or elemental emotions : earthy
4 : of, relating to, or located on or among the internal organs of the body : splanchnic
5 : based on emotional reactions rather than on reason or thought
He had a visceral dislike of Europe.
The advertising creates a visceral sensation of fear for which reason it also sells well.
This is a body of work, which, beneath their overtly visual romance, is almost visceral in its melancholy.
It created a visceral thrill that carries you along through the film's two hours.
His visceral reaction of punching the wall left him with a broken hand on top of his broken heart.
The visceral descriptions in the shark story were so vivid that I actually felt a little nauseated.
Because some of the scenes in the movie were so visceral, I’m afraid certain images will be imprinted on my mind forever.
On my trip to Disney World, I was happy to leave the intellectual adult side of me behind while I rediscovered the purely visceral wonder of my childhood.
Many of our astronauts have commented that the visceral experience of traveling through space is like nothing they have ever experienced on Earth.
I believe Dr. Seuss’s books are so popular because the combination of language, rhyme, and unique images has a visceral effect on children and adults alike.
Although I admit that there’s definitely a visceral power in his art, I can’t look at it for very long because I find it so disturbing.
As a detective with an almost perfect record for solving difficult cases, he relies on his visceral sense, in other words his gut feelings, to lead him in the right direction.
Of all the issues that drive people apart politically, the Pro-Life/Pro-Choice discussions usually provoke the most visceral responses.
Piers has a visceral style of writing that makes all of his novels and stories very memorable.
I felt a reflexive, visceral pull.
His response was visceral and immediate.
We need the right song that resonates on a visceral level.
Visceral fear and despair swept over him in a great wave.
His approach to acting is visceral rather than intellectual.
She had a visceral dislike of all things foreign.
I never overcame a visceral antipathy for the monarchy.
Visceral processing helps us make rapid decisions about what is good, bad, safe, or dangerous.
Our writer, Annie, has a visceral fear of over-sized spoons.
I just knew he'd come ,I just did ...it was almost visceral,the knot in my stomach is never wrong!
He was sure to win as is visceral speech moved everyone during elections.
Many humans have a visceral fear of the dark.
My visceral inclination was to not get in the elevator with that man.
My visceral reaction while walking into the cave was to run away from it like a mad woman.
