About The Word Carnal

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Carnal

Carnal Meaning & Definition
Carnal Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Carnal?

[adj] of the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"
[adj] of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily organ"; "bodily functions"; "carnal remains"
[adj] of or relating to the body or flesh; "carnal remains"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Carnal: animal(a) | bodily | fleshly | physical | sensual

Related Terms | Find terms related to Carnal: Adamic | amorous | animal | animalistic | aphrodisiomaniacal | backsliding | bawdy | beastlike | beastly | bestial | bodily | brutal | brute | brutish | carnal-minded | Circean | clitoromaniacal | coarse | concupiscent | corporal | corporeal | dirty | earthly | earthy | erogenic | erogenous | erotic | eroticomaniacal | erotogenic | erotomaniacal | erring | fallen | fleshly | frail | gamic | goatish | gross | gynecomaniacal | heterosexual | horny | hot | hysteromaniacal | impure | infirm | ithyphallic | lapsed | lascivious | lecherous | lewd | libidinal | libidinous | licentious | lickerish | lubricious | lustful | material | materialistic | mundane | nonspiritual | nuptial | nymphomaniacal | obscene | of easy virtue | orgiastic | oversexed | pandemic | peccable | Philistine | physical | postlapsarian | potent | priapic | procreative | prodigal | profane | prurient | randy | recidivist | recidivistic | salacious | satyric | secular | sensual | sensuous | sex | sexed | sexlike | sexual | sexy | somatic | straight | substantial | swinish | temporal | terrestrial | unangelic | unchaste | unclean | undersexed | ungodly | ungood | unrighteous | unsaintly | unspiritual | unvirtuous | venereal | virtueless | voluptuous | vulgar | wanton | wayward | weak | worldly

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Carnal In Webster's Dictionary

\Car"nal\, a. [L. carnalis, fr. caro, carnis, flesh; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. kravya; cf. F. charnel, Of. also carnel. Cf. {Charnel}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual. For ye are yet carnal. --1 Cor. iii. 3. Not sunk in carnal pleasure. --Milton Carnal desires after miracles. --Trench. 2. Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody. [Obs.] This carnal cur Preys on the issue of his mother's body. --Shak. {Carnal knowledge}, sexual intercourse; -- used especially of an unlawful act on the part of the man.

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