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animal

animal

1 7.3
Relating to strong physical desires rather than thought
  • adjective
  • /ˈænɪməl/
  • NSFW
translation icon : animal
  • His decision was purely animal, driven by instinct rather than logic.

Examples

  • She approached the situation with an animal passion that left reason behind.

  • The animal desires of humans can often cloud their judgment.

  • Work raises us out of the purely animal of of Labor.

  • He claims that animal accepts death, right?

  • The World Organisation for Animal Health has asked for programs aimed at the monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in food-producing animals (WHO, 2000).

    Academic text (2008)
  • By Dr. Dirk Philipp, Department of Animal Science, University of Arkansas—Fayetteville

    Blog text (25)
  • The authors express appreciation to Gary Crow (Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada) for statistical evaluation of data.

    Academic text (2018)
  • (2) Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana IL 61801, USA (3) China Feed Industry Association, Beijing 100125, China

    Academic text (2018)
  • Dr. Michalik is a researcher in the Department of Animal Morphology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

    Academic text (2012)
  • To this end, there are already relatively advanced international programs in place for identifying and managing the spread of human diseases, and the 178 member nations of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) have agreed to report outbreaks of animal diseases, mostly diseases of livestock, to a central database.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

carnal
vsanimal
  • NSFW
48 8.2

Relating to sexual or physical desire rather than spiritual feelings

is about physical appetites and passions rather than reason
sensual
vsanimal
  • NSFW
35 6.0

Giving strong pleasure to the senses like touch, smell, or sight

focuses on appetites and passions rather than intellectual concerns
animalistic
vsanimal
8 6.7

Showing strong natural urges and acting roughly without thinking

refers to physical appetites and passions rather than instinct alone
fleshly
vsanimal
  • NSFW
1 8.8

Relating to bodily desires, especially sexual ones

centers on physical appetites and passions rather than intellect
creaturely
vsanimal
  • Formal
1 7.3

About the basic physical needs and natural fears of animals and people

focuses specifically on sensual appetites rather than general limited nature
animalian
vsanimal
  • Archaic
7.6

Acts like an animal because of strong instinct or violent behavior

highlights physical appetites and passions rather than merely being savage

Antonyms

382 3.8

Based on clear thinking and facts rather than emotion

380 5.5

About thinking, ideas, and mental effort rather than feelings

Compounds

64 1.0

An animal that lives in nature and is not kept by people

22 1.0

An animal kept on a farm for food or work such as cows and chickens

animal kingdom
  • Specialized
16 2.5

All animals, living and extinct, that are not plants or fungi

A thing that comes from an animal, like meat, milk, leather or wool

party animal
  • Informal
8 4.0

A person who often goes to parties and likes to have fun

A person who teaches animals to perform in shows or do work

5 2.6

The oily part of animals' bodies used for cooking and making products

A natural charm that makes other people like and notice someone

4 2.0

The outer layer of an animal's body that people remove and use for leather or fur

An animal that lives in the sea, like a fish or whale

An animal that people keep and breed to live with them like a cow or dog

domesticated animal
  • Specialized
2 1.1

An animal people keep and breed to live with them or help them

animal husbandry
  • Specialized
2 4.2

Breeding and caring for farm animals to raise them for food or work

2 3.5

An animal that carries loads, like a mule or donkey

2 6.4

An animal from a species with very few living members and at risk of dying out

1 2.0

A number of animals seen together as one unit, like a herd

1 1.0

A living thing that lives in the sea like a fish or whale

animal tissue
  • Specialized
1 2.9

Body parts of an animal that are groups of similar cells

An animal that hunts and eats other animals for food

spirit animal
  • Literature
1 7.0

An animal believed to show a person's character or guide them

1 3.9

An animal like a horse or ox that pulls heavy loads on a farm

A sickness that affects animals and not humans

animal virus
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A virus that infects animals, not plants or bacteria

1 7.5

A thing that matches someone's mood or personality, often said jokingly

Sending information between animals using sounds, gestures, or smells

1 5.0

Strong natural urges and physical feelings in a person that come from the body not the mind

1 2.8

A trained creature people use to pull and carry heavy loads like horses or oxen

caprine animal
  • Specialized
7.9

An animal like a goat with straight horns and a beard that climbs rocks

animal black
  • Archaic
9.9

A black material made from burned animal bones used in paint and ink

animal charcoal
  • Specialized
7.5

A black material made by burning animal bones used to color things and clean liquids

Where animals live in different parts of the world

A person who keeps, breeds, shows, or judges animals, often as a hobby

The lowest part of an animal's leg used for standing or walking

Fibers from animals used to make cloth like wool or silk

A glue that you make by boiling animal skins, bones, or hooves

A part of an animal's body used to stand on and move

A thing made from animals, like fur, wool, or leather

Fat from animals like fish and whales that is used as a liquid for fuel and soap

animal pigment
  • Specialized
4.5

A natural material in animals that gives skin, fur, or feathers their color

animal order
  • Specialized
5.8

A group of related animals larger than a family and smaller than a class

animal psychology
  • Specialized
4.4

A study of how animals act and think

A person who studies animals' bodies, behaviour, and care

animal starch
  • Archaic
5.6

A form of sugar stored in animal liver and muscles for energy

animal stuffer
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who fills and shapes animal skins to make them look like living animals for display

animal toxin
  • Specialized
4.7

A poison that animals make, for example snake or jellyfish venom

Treating animals as sacred beings in religion

An animal that only appears in stories and myths, not in real life

moss animal
  • Specialized
9.9

A small water animal that lives in groups attached to rocks and has a ring of tentacles used for feeding

range animal
  • Specialized
5.1

An animal like a horse or cow that lives and eats grass on open land

A place where injured wild animals get care and recover safely

How Sensual

lecherous
  • Offensive
7 8.8
lascivious
  • Offensive
11 9.5
carnal
  • NSFW
48 8.2
animal
  • NSFW
1 7.3
sensual
  • NSFW
35 6.0

Surface Forms

animal positive

Etymology

The adjective animal comes from the same Latin anima, which means 'breath' or 'life'. So calling something animal points to the body's strong, natural drives or instincts rather than to reason.