Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being carnal; fleshliness; fleshly lusts or desires, or the indulgence of them; sensuality; want of spirituality.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
carnal . - noun A
preoccupation withsexual desire .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
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Examples
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Or, it may be understood spiritually; their backs are bowed down in carnality and worldly-mindedness.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Its cold eyes regarded me with familiarity, and what I can only describe as carnality, as if it wished to devour me.
Archive 2006-04-01 Holly 2006
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Its cold eyes regarded me with familiarity, and what I can only describe as carnality, as if it wished to devour me.
Sept 15, 1871 Holly 2006
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_Ischk_ (love) is always associated with the idea of carnality
Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890
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So, thanks to French and Latin, English-speakers now sink their teeth into cuirass, carnage, carnality, and carnivore.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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So, thanks to French and Latin, English-speakers now sink their teeth into cuirass, carnage, carnality, and carnivore.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Grady predicts the movement will look much different in a few years as it refocuses on evangelism and overcoming what he calls the distraction of “materialism, flashy self-promotion, and foolish carnality.”
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This is familiar territory for him, making it that much easier to disassociate himself from his problems to give into his baser carnality.
All the mad men and all the mad women can't tell a joke to save their lives 2009
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Seemingly placid but boiling with passions - from carnality to intense anger - The Housemaid is a hard-boiled little tale dressed up like something calmer and more measured.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: The Housemaid Marshall Fine 2011
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HERE'S BLOOD IN YOUR EYE: Or at least the camera lens, as Starz' Spartacus: Vengeance gets underway (Friday, 10/9c) — or as I like to think of it, "Spurt-acus," thanks to all the gouts of blood, among other bodily fluids, that flow copiously throughout this lurid melodrama of savage swordplay, sordid scheming and animal carnality (a nice way to say sex, sex, sex).
Weekend TV in Review: Good Wife, Luck, Spartacus, Hallmark's Moon 2012
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