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carnaladjective having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaventhe preacher warned that those who were interested only in carnal pursuits would not see the kingdom of heaven earthborn, earthbound, earthly, fleshly, material, mundane, sublunary, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, worldly animal, bodily, corporal, corporeal, physicaldaily, diurnalunspiritualanthropic(or anthropical), anthropocentric heavenly, nontemporal, unearthly, unworldly celestial, Elysian, empyreal, empyrean, supernalmetaphysicaldevotional, divine, religious, sacred, spiritual, utopianextraterrestrialethereal, supernatural, transcendent, transcendental of or relating to the human bodya missionary who tends to the carnal needs of the people as well as to their spiritual concerns animal, bodily, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, material, physical, somatic anatomic(or anatomical), physiological(or physiologic)sensual, sensuoushand-to-hand nonmaterial, nonphysical cerebral, inner, intellectual, mental, psychological(also psychologic)bodiless, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, spiritualethereal, metaphysical, psychic(also psychical) pleasing to the physical sensescarnal attractions of that gambling mecca in the desert fleshly, luscious, lush, sensual, sensuous, voluptuous bodily, corporealagreeable, delectable, delicious, delightful, dreamy, gratifying, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, scrumptiousepicurean, luxurious, self-indulgent harsh, painful, uncomfortabledisgusting, foul, hideous, icky 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 in the 14th century |