lust

[luhst]

noun

intense 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.
1. pleasure or delight.
2. 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 lust

before 900; Middle English luste, Old English lust; cognate with Dutch, German lust pleasure, desire; akin to Old Norse lyst desire; see list⁴

Related formsun·lust·ing, adjective

Synonyms for lust

7. crave, hunger, covet, yearn.

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Related Words for lusted

desire, longing, sensuality, hunger, libido, thirst, excitement, fervor, craving, greed, covet, crave, yearn, itch, hanker, eroticism, yen, carnality, avidity, appetence

Examples from the Web for lusted

Contemporary Examples of lusted

Jones, though in death, would finally experience the glory and honor he had so lusted for in life.
Russia’s American Crimea Hero
Ben Jacobs
March 14, 2014
So you remove a lot of stuff from the list that you lusted for.
Lucas Samaras Plays Hard to Get
Arne Glimcher
June 2, 2009

Historical Examples of lusted

That she lusted and desired to have, was the worst of reasons why she should obtain!
Heather and Snow
George MacDonald
It was some sort of a ragout, he knew, and he lusted for it.
Michael
E. F. Benson
If Colbert coveted her name and wealth, Louvois lusted for her person.
Court Beauties of Old Whitehall
W. R. H. Trowbridge
With him the girl was only the means to the end that his whole nature now lusted for.
King Spruce, A Novel
Holman Day
Appius Claudius, the decemvir, saw her and lusted to make her his own.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2
Various

British Dictionary definitions for lusted

lust

noun

a 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 lust

Old English; related to Old High German lust desire, Old Norse losti sexual desire, Latin lascīvus playful, wanton, lustful. Compare listless

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Word Origin and History for lusted

lust

Old English lust "desire, appetite, pleasure," from Proto-Germanic *lustuz (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch, German lust, Old Norse lyst, Gothic lustus "pleasure, desire, lust"), from PIE *las- "to be eager, wanton, or unruly" (cf. Latin lascivus "wanton, playful, lustful;" see lascivious).

In Middle English, "any source of pleasure or delight," also "an appetite," also "a liking for a person," also "fertility" (of soil). Sense of "sinful sexual desire, degrading animal passion" (now the main meaning) developed in late Old English from the word's use in Bible translations (e.g. lusts of the flesh to render Latin concupiscentia carnis [I John ii:16]); the cognate words in other Germanic languages tend still to mean simply "pleasure."

lust

c.1200, "to wish, to desire," from lust (n.) and Old English lystan (see list (v.4)). Sense of "to have a strong sexual desire (for or after)" is first attested 1520s in biblical use. Related: Lusted; lusting.