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单词 letch
释义

letch

noun

ˈlech How to pronounce letch (audio)
1
: craving
specifically : sexual desire
2
[by shortening & alteration] : lecher

Synonyms

  • appetency
  • appetite
  • craving
  • desire
  • drive
  • hankering
  • hunger
  • itch
  • jones [slang]
  • longing
  • lust
  • passion
  • pining
  • thirst
  • thirstiness
  • urge
  • yearning
  • yen
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Example Sentences

a sudden letch for chocolate they clearly have a letch for each other, but it might not develop into anything more lasting
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Word History

Etymology

back-formation from letcher, alteration of lecher

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1

letch

noun

1
as in urge
a strong wish for something a sudden letch for chocolate

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • urge
  • longing
  • thirst
  • craving
  • desire
  • lust
  • appetite
  • hunger
  • pining
  • hankering
  • jones
  • passion
  • yearning
  • itch
  • wish
  • yen
  • taste
  • compulsion
  • thirstiness
  • liking
  • zeal
  • appetency
  • drive
  • impulse
  • love
  • need
  • will
  • eagerness
  • impatience
  • weakness
  • want
  • avarice
  • obsession
  • requirement
  • greed
  • rapacity
  • impulsion
  • necessity
  • avidity
  • cupidity
  • acquisitiveness
  • covetousness
  • greediness
  • mania
  • avariciousness
  • rapaciousness
  • cacoëthes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • disgust
  • hatred
  • distaste
  • loathing
  • dislike
  • repulsion
  • repugnance
  • revulsion
  • nausea
  • abhorrence
  • abomination
  • disinclination
  • aversion
  • indifference
  • allergy
  • disfavor
  • unconcern
  • nonchalance
  • disliking
  • apathy
  • averseness
  • insouciance
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2
as in desire
sexual appetite they clearly have a letch for each other, but it might not develop into anything more lasting

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • desire
  • lech
  • lust
  • passion
  • eroticism
  • hots
  • lustfulness
  • itch
  • salaciousness
  • concupiscence
  • horniness
  • libido
  • lechery
  • lustihood
  • rut
  • heat
  • libidinousness
  • nymphomania
  • ardor
  • satyriasis
  • erotomania
  • venery
  • hypersexuality
  • lecherousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • abstinence
  • chastity
  • celibacy
  • frigidity
  • frigidness
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