transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkär-n ə l ]
adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French carnel, charnel, from Late Latin carnalis, from Latin carn-, caro flesh; akin to Greek keirein to cut — more at shear
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
b. : marked by sexuality
carnal love
2. : bodily , corporeal
seen with carnal eyes
3.
a. : temporal
carnal weapons
b. : worldly
a carnal mind
• car·nal·i·ty kär-ˈna-lə-tē noun
• car·nal·ly ˈkär-nə-lē adverb
Synonyms:
carnal , fleshly , sensual , animal mean having a relation to the body. carnal may mean only this but more often connotes derogatorily an action or manifestation of a person's lower nature
a slave to carnal desires
fleshly is less derogatory than carnal
a saint who had experienced fleshly temptations
sensual may apply to any gratification of a bodily desire or pleasure but commonly implies sexual appetite with absence of the spiritual or intellectual
fleshpots providing sensual delights
animal stresses the physical as distinguished from the rational nature of a person
led a mindless animal existence