lust (lʌst
)
Definitions
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
Old English; related to Old High German lust desire, Old Norse losti sexual desire, Latin lascīvus playful, wanton, lustful. Compare listlessSynonyms
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lechery,
sensuality,
licentiousness,
carnality,
the hots,
libido,
lewdness,
wantonness,
salaciousness,
lasciviousness,
concupiscence,
randiness,
pruriency
Quotations
"Natural freedoms are but just;There's something generous in mere lust"
Translations
- British English:
lust
Lust is a feeling of strong sexual desire for someone.His relationship with Angie was the first which combined lust with friendship.lʌst NOUN His relationship with Angie was the first which combined lust with friendship.
- Spanish:
lujuria
nf
- French:
désir
nm
- German:
Lust
nf Lüste
- Chinese: 色欲 n
- Arabic: رَغْبَةٌ جِنْسَيَةٌ n
- Portuguese: desejo sexual nm
- Russian: вожделение nnt
- Croatian: požuda nf
- Czech: smyslnost nf
- Danish: lyst nutr
- Dutch: sterk verlangen nnt
- Finnish: himo n
- Greek: λαγνεία nf
- Italian: lussuria nf
- Japanese: 性欲 n
- Korean: 정욕 n
- Norwegian: lyst nm
- Polish: pożądanie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: desejo sexual nm
- European Spanish:
lujuria
nf
- Swedish: åtrå nutr
- Thai: ตัณหา n
- Turkish: şehvet n
- Vietnamese: sự thèm muốn n
Usage examples
The bricks signify guilt, rage, anal sadism: a desire to bury, destroy, annihilate these feelings of lust.
, A Means to Evil (1993)With more and more pigs being raised intensively to satisfy Europe's lust for cheap pork, epidemics are inevitable.
New Scientist (1998)Style: And so we start to lust after someone else's guy, husband, boyfriend.
Globe and Mail (2003)It is very easy to mistake the heady feelings of lust with a younger, possibly more virile man, for love.
Sun, News of the World (2001)Sex for Mary Rose was just another appetite to be slaked, like her lust for food.
, For the Love of a Stranger (1994)