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carnal

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car·nal  (kärnl)
adj.
1. Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites: carnal desire.
2. Worldly or earthly; temporal: the carnal world.
3. Of or relating to the body or flesh; bodily: carnal remains.

[Middle English, from Old North French carnel, from Latin carnlis, from Latin car, carn-, flesh; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]

car·nali·ty (kär-nl-t) n.
carnal·ly adv.

carnal [ˈkɑːnəl]
adj
relating to the appetites and passions of the body; sensual; fleshly
[from Late Latin: relating to flesh, from Latin carō flesh]
carnalist  n
carnality  n
carnally  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.carnal - marked by 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"
physical - involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"
2.carnal - of or relating to the body or flesh; "carnal remains"

carnal
adjective sexual, animal, sexy (informal), fleshly, erotic, sensual, randy (informal, chiefly Brit.), steamy (informal), raunchy (slang), sensuous, voluptuous, lewd, wanton, amorous, salacious, prurient, impure, lascivious, lustful, lecherous, libidinous, licentious, unchaste Their passion became inflamed and their carnal desires ran wild.
Translations
carnal [ˈkɑːnl] ADJ (frm) → carnal
to have carnal knowledge oftener conocimiento carnal de
carnal
adjfleischlich, körperlich; carnal desiressinnliche Begierden pl; carnal lustsFleischeslust f (liter); to have carnal knowledge of somebodymit jdm (Geschlechts)verkehr haben
carnal [ˈkɑːnl] adjcarnale
carnal [ˈkɑːnl] adjcarnale


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The minister almost wept with joy at this deliver- ance from the carnal desire to "peep" and went back to his own house praising God.
Or can any carnal appetite so overpower your reason, or so totally lay it asleep, as to prevent your flying with affright and terror from a crime which carries such punishment always with it?
be exposed to peculiar temptations, on account of the carnal desires which have heretofore subsisted between them.
 
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