fleshly

Definitions

Relating to or concerned with the body and its physical appetites rather than the spirit.

Of or relating to the physical human body; corporeal.

Examples

He struggled to overcome his fleshly desires and focus on his spiritual growth.

The philosopher argued that we must transcend our fleshly limitations to reach true enlightenment.

The sermon warned the congregation against the dangers of indulging in fleshly temptations.

Synonyms

carnal sensual bodily physical corporeal earthly worldly

Antonyms

spiritual ethereal divine mental intellectual nonmaterial immaterial