fleshly

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