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CARNAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by the appetites and passions of the body
Example:
music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Synonyms:
animal; carnal; fleshly; sensual
Classified under:
Similar:
physical (involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit)
Derivation:
carnality (feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness)
carnalize (debase through carnal gratification)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to the body or flesh
Example:
carnal remains
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
flesh (the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat)
Derivation:
carnalize (ascribe to an origin in sensation)
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