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[ luhst ] / lʌst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lust ON THESAURUS.COM
nounintense sexual desire or appetite. uncontrolled or illicit sexual desire or appetite; lecherousness. a passionate or overmastering desire or craving (usually followed by for): a lust for power. ardent enthusiasm; zest; relish: an enviable lust for life. Obsolete. - pleasure or delight.
- desire; inclination; wish.
verb (used without object)to have intense sexual desire. to have a yearning or desire; have a strong or excessive craving (often followed by for or after). Origin of lustbefore 900; Middle English luste,Old English lust; cognate with Dutch, German lust pleasure, desire; akin to Old Norse lyst desire; see list4 SYNONYMS FOR lust7 crave, hunger, covet, yearn. SEE SYNONYMS FOR lust ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM lustun·lust·ing, adjectiveWords nearby lustLüshun, lushy, Lusitania, Lusitanian, Luso-, lust, luster, lustered, lusterer, lustering, luster painting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lustBut I say onto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Keep Christmas Commercialized!|P. J. O’Rourke|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST She wasn't motivated by a lust for fame; she simply wanted to control the conversation. Porn Keeps Up with the Kardashians: Belle Knox on the Mainstreaming of Adult Stars|Aurora Snow|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST The 2014 roster is even more pathetic: About Last Night, Lust for Love, And So It Goes, Sex Tape. The Romantic Comedy Is Dead|Andrew Romano|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST But despite being repeatedly shot down by experts, the tale of lust in the service of Allah is back. The Enduring Myth of ‘Sex-Jihad’ Still Sates the Media|Lizzie Crocker|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And his small-scale sculpture Avarice and Lust (1887) embodies the two sins via a masculine form entangled with a female one. Mapplethorpe’s Artistic Twin|Sarah Moroz|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Yet the keenness with which immorality of the particular kind is watched fans the flame of lust. Expositor's Bible: The Book of Job|Robert Watson She was the goddess of married love, she became later the emblem of lust. The Hearts of Men|H. Fielding The face was flat and broad, its lips the lips of incarnate hate and lust combined. Tom Clark and His Wife|Paschal Beverly Randolph The men heard it and their eyes brightened with the lust of battle. The Blazed Trail|Stewart Edward White Use Fasting and severe Abstinence, which are the proper Abscissions of the instruments and temptations of lust. The Curtezan unmasked|Annonymous (a Spiritual Physician)
British Dictionary definitions for lust
nouna strong desire for sexual gratification a strong desire or drive verb(intr; often foll by after or for) to have a lust (for) Word Origin for lustOld English; related to Old High German lust desire, Old Norse losti sexual desire, Latin lascīvus playful, wanton, lustful. Compare listless Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lustdesire, longing, sensuality, hunger, libido, thirst, excitement, fervor, craving, greed, covet, crave, yearn, itch, hanker, eroticism, yen, carnality, avidity, appetence |