Carnal
adjective
Related to physical or sexual desires.
They succumbed to their carnal desires.
Often appears as...
- carnal desires
- carnal pleasures
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Disapproving
adjective
Related to the flesh or body, not spiritual.
Humans are carnal creatures, subject to the wants and needs of the flesh.
Often appears as...
- carnal nature
- carnal creature
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Neutral
adjective
Related to physical or sexual desires.
They succumbed to their carnal desires.
Often appears as...
- carnal desires
- carnal pleasures
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Related to the flesh or body, not spiritual.
Humans are carnal creatures, subject to the wants and needs of the flesh.
Often appears as...
- carnal nature
- carnal creature
Usage tips
Neutral
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Pro Tip 1/3Intimate Context
Use 'carnal' when talking about intimate physical relationships, often hinting at sexuality.
The novel explored the characters' carnal connection.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Platonic
'Carnal' implies a connection that goes beyond friendship or emotional attachment.
The poem hinted at more than friendship; it suggested a carnal bond.
Pro Tip 3/3Mildly Taboo
In conservative or formal settings, 'carnal' may be considered slightly inappropriate due to its sexual connotation.
She avoided discussing her carnal interests at the business dinner.
Pro Tip 1/3Intimate Context
Use 'carnal' when talking about intimate physical relationships, often hinting at sexuality.
The novel explored the characters' carnal connection.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Platonic
'Carnal' implies a connection that goes beyond friendship or emotional attachment.
The poem hinted at more than friendship; it suggested a carnal bond.
Pro Tip 3/3Mildly Taboo
In conservative or formal settings, 'carnal' may be considered slightly inappropriate due to its sexual connotation.
She avoided discussing her carnal interests at the business dinner.
Pro Tip 1/3Intimate Context
Use 'carnal' when talking about intimate physical relationships, often hinting at sexuality.
The novel explored the characters' carnal connection.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Platonic
'Carnal' implies a connection that goes beyond friendship or emotional attachment.
The poem hinted at more than friendship; it suggested a carnal bond.
Pro Tip 3/3Mildly Taboo
In conservative or formal settings, 'carnal' may be considered slightly inappropriate due to its sexual connotation.
She avoided discussing her carnal interests at the business dinner.
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What type of world do we...
ocean to see it from the standpoint of the creatures who actually live there to become a sea creature I mean into a sense we're all sea creatures anyway as dependent on the ocean as any fish or whale or carnal reef but it's getting to be there and spend time with them to get
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Winston Groom: The...
regiment of volunteers who were described by the governor as a mob of chicken thieves led by a drunkard amazingly carnal grant whipped these miscreants into shape and was given more regiments which formed brigade he became
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How the worst moments in...
and lynchings have become common. In Saudi Arabia recently, two men who had been caught in carnal acts were sentenced to 7,000 lashes each, and are now permanently disabled as a result. So who can forge meaning
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What type of world do we...
ocean to see it from the standpoint of the creatures who actually live there to become a sea creature I mean into a sense we're all sea creatures anyway as dependent on the ocean as any fish or whale or carnal reef but it's getting to be there and spend time with them to get
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Winston Groom: The...
regiment of volunteers who were described by the governor as a mob of chicken thieves led by a drunkard amazingly carnal grant whipped these miscreants into shape and was given more regiments which formed brigade he became
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How the worst moments in...
and lynchings have become common. In Saudi Arabia recently, two men who had been caught in carnal acts were sentenced to 7,000 lashes each, and are now permanently disabled as a result. So who can forge meaning
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Quote examples
Elias Hicks
American Clergyman
And if we are in this state, if we had an eternity of probation, what reason have we to suppose that we should profit by it - if we had ever so long a time to chose for ourselves we should pursue our own will, to gratify our carnal I desires.
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Thomas Haden Church
American Actor
It's one of those scenarios where no, I never imagined that I'd be directed in a love scene - not even a love scene because it's kind of a hard-core sex scene because it's kind of just purely played for this carnal venting.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Love, in the eyes of the world, is either a carnal appetite or a vague fancy, which possession extinguishes or absence destroys. That is why it is commonly said, with a strange abuse of words, that passion does not endure.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
We have lived long enough to experience the hollowness of earth and the rottenness of all carnal promises.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
What Tolstoy is on about is that carnal love is not a good idea.
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Paul Washer
American Clergyman
There is no such thing as a continuously carnal Christian.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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Sam Kinison
American Comedian
I have lived a carnal life.
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Elias Hicks
American Clergyman
And if we are in this state, if we had an eternity of probation, what reason have we to suppose that we should profit by it - if we had ever so long a time to chose for ourselves we should pursue our own will, to gratify our carnal I desires.
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Thomas Haden Church
American Actor
It's one of those scenarios where no, I never imagined that I'd be directed in a love scene - not even a love scene because it's kind of a hard-core sex scene because it's kind of just purely played for this carnal venting.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Love, in the eyes of the world, is either a carnal appetite or a vague fancy, which possession extinguishes or absence destroys. That is why it is commonly said, with a strange abuse of words, that passion does not endure.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
We have lived long enough to experience the hollowness of earth and the rottenness of all carnal promises.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
What Tolstoy is on about is that carnal love is not a good idea.
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Paul Washer
American Clergyman
There is no such thing as a continuously carnal Christian.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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Sam Kinison
American Comedian
I have lived a carnal life.
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