These people of the remote future were strict vegetarians, and while I was with them, in spite of some carnal cravings, I had to be frugivorous also.
Source: tatoeba (3719509)
Carnal
//ˈkɑɹnəl//
Synonyms for "carnal" (122 found)
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Strong matches (36)
Related words (61)
materialmaterialisticmundanenonspiritualnuptialnymphomaniacalobsceneof easy virtueorgiasticoutwardoversexedpandemicpeccablephilistinephysicalpostlapsarianpotentpriapicprocreativeprodigal
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profaneprofligateprurientrandyrecidivistrecidivisticsalacioussatyricsecularsensualsensuoussexsexedsexlikesexualsexysomaticstraightsubstantialswinishtemporalterrestrialunangelicunchasteuncleanundersexedungodlyungoodunrighteousunsaintlyunspiritualunvirtuousvenerealvirtuelessvoluptuousvulgarwantonwaywardweakworldly
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
11 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- جَسَدُيّ adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
Bulgarian
3 entries- плътски adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
- светски adj (worldly or earthly; temporal)
- телесен adj (of or relating to the body or flesh)
Catalan
2 entries- carnal adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
- carnal adj (of or relating to the body or flesh)
Esperanto
2 entries- fivolupta adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
- karna adj (of or relating to the body or flesh)
Finnish
4 entries- ajallinen adj (worldly or earthly; temporal)
- himokas adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
- lihallinen adj (of or relating to the body or flesh)
- maailmallinen adj (worldly or earthly; temporal)
French
1 entries- charnel adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
German
4 entries- diesseitig adj (worldly or earthly; temporal)
- fleischlich adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
- körperlich adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
- sexuell adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 adj (of or relating to the body or flesh)
Greek
1 entries- σαρκικός adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
Old English
3 entries- flǣsċlīċ adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
- flǣsċlīċ adj (worldly or earthly; temporal)
- flǣsċlīċ adj (of or relating to the body or flesh)
Persian
1 entries- تنانه adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
Polish
1 entries- cielesny adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
Portuguese
3 entries- carnal adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
- carnal adj (worldly or earthly; temporal)
- carnal adj (of or relating to the body or flesh)
Russian
4 entries- земно́й adj (worldly or earthly; temporal)
- мирской adj (worldly or earthly; temporal)
- плотский adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
- плотский adj (of or relating to the body or flesh)
Spanish
4 entries- carnal adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
- carnal adj (of or relating to the body or flesh)
- concupiscente adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
- corporal adj (of or relating to the body or flesh)
Welsh
2 entries- cnawdol adj (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
- cnawdol adj (of or relating to the body or flesh)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Layla had insatiable carnal needs.
Source: tatoeba (6332410)
Rather than swearing off carnal pleasures, you may find it better to develop a healthy relationship with them.
Source: tatoeba (10478498)
There is a constant perception of carnal joy as spiritual.
Source: tatoeba (10581167)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.