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