lust

Speech parts

1. lust - Noun

2. lust - Verb

Meaning

Inclination; desire.

Pleasure.

Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.

Licentious craving; sexual appetite.

Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.

To list; to like.

To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lustfulness ardor want desire passion hunger greed appetite thirst starve longing craving lechery crave yearning
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Antonyms

have repulsion malice loathing detestation horror
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Hypernyms

eros want desire concupiscence mortal sin deadly sin

Phrases with the word

lust for blood lust for power necrophile lust

Derivatives

Lusted lusting

Anagrams

slut

Examples

O Lord and Master of my life, give me not a spirit of sloth, vain curiosity, lust for power and idle talk, but give to me, Thy servant, a spirit of soberness, humility, patience and love. Ephrem the Syrian

Carnal lust rules where there is no love of God. Augustine of Hippo

I've looked on a lot of women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. Jimmy Carter

Lust never sleeps. American Proverb

A man is known to be mortal by two things, sleep and lust. English Proverb

He that looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery already with her in his heart. Dutch Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Lussak lussheburgh Lussier lust after lust for blood lust for learning