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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:

Adjectives

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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