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 carnālis, from Latin carō, carn-, flesh.]

carnality car·nal'i·ty (kär-năl'ĭ-tē) n.
carnally car'nal·ly adv.

adjective

Relating to the desires and appetites of the body: animal, fleshly, physical, sensual. See body/spirit.

adj

Definition: erotic, sensual
Antonyms: chaste, clean, intellectual, pure, spiritual

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Of or relating to the body or flesh adj. - Marked by the appetites and passions of the body.

Tutor's tip: A "charnel" is a place where dead bodies are kept, but if something is "carnal" it is something that relates to physical desires.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kødelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
vleselijk, werelds, sensueel, seksueel

Français (French)
adj. - charnel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - körperlich, sinnlich, profan

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σαρκικός

Italiano (Italian)
carnale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - carnal, sensual, mundano

Русский (Russian)
плотский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - carnal

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sinnlig, världslig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
肉体的, 肉欲的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 肉體的, 肉欲的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 육체의, 세속적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 肉体の, 肉欲の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جسدي, شهواني, جنسي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גופני, מיני, גשמי, בשרי, חושני‬

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