lust
Meanings
Noun
- a strong sexual desire
- self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
- A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
- A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.
- Virility; vigour; active power.
Verb
- have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
- To desire.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lust, from Old English lust (“lust, pleasure, longing”), from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
Akin to Old Saxon, Dutch lust, Old Frisian, Old High German, German Lust, Swedish lust, Danish lyst, Icelandic lyst, Old Norse losti, Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (lustus), and perhaps to Sanskrit लष् (laṣ), लषति (laṣati, “to desire”) and Albanian lushë (“bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman”), or to English loose. Compare list (“to please”), listless.
Synonyms
aphrodisia, carnality, colt's tooth, concupiscence, crave, hunger, lech, lecherousness, love, lust, lustfulness, lustihood, luxuria, potency, pride, starve, the hots, thirst, urge to merge, vigour, virility
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 4
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