lust
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.
pleasure or delight.
desire; inclination; wish.
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
1Other words for lust
Other words from lust
- un·lust·ing, adjective
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How to use lust in a sentence
When you’re in love or lust or both, it’s very difficult to not do what you’re going to do.
For 25 years, revenge-lusting activists in India have lobbied for his imprisonment.
The real man was an arrogant autocrat, lusting for power and wealth.
The Trail Horde | Charles Alden SeltzerBut all the gentlemen wished to take part in the expedition, and joined the Bedouins, lusting for battle.
A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy | Ida PfeifferHaving learned that men are a naturally combative race, lusting for blood, the poet saw it was hopeless to bring them to terms.
Authors of Greece | T. W. Lumb
They panted for a chance to mete out annihilation to the blood-lusting rascals and untamed savages who were harassing them.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. IV (of 6) | Louis CreswickeIn a moment the human lusting for the blood of its fellows is let loose, than which there is no more terrible madness on earth.
The Twins of Suffering Creek | Ridgwell Cullum
British Dictionary definitions for lust
/ (lʌst) /
a strong desire for sexual gratification
a strong desire or drive
(intr; often foll by after or for) to have a lust (for)
Origin of lust
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