car|nal «KAHR nuhl», adjective.
1. a) of or connected with the appetites and passions of the body; sensual: »
Gluttony and drunkenness have been called carnal vices.
SYNONYM(S): fleshly, gross. b) sexual; libidinous: »But that false fruit For other operation first displayed, carnal desire inflaming (Milton).
2. worldly; not spiritual: »
Mirth and pleasantry…were looked upon as the marks of a carnal mind (Joseph Addison).
SYNONYM(S): unsanctified, materialistic.3. Archaic. temporal, as opposed to spiritual; secular.
–car´nal|ly, adverb.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.