Lust Definition
lŭst
lusted, lusting, lusts
noun
lusts
A desire to gratify the senses; bodily appetite.
Webster's New World
Sexual desire.
Webster's New World
Overmastering desire.
A lust for power.
Webster's New World
Excessive sexual desire, esp. as seeking unrestrained gratification.
Webster's New World
Intense enthusiasm; zest.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- lustfulness
- lecherousness
- luxuria
- concupiscence
- leer
- hankering
- enthusiasm
- eagerness
- cupidity
- carnality
- venereal appetite
- sex
- salacity
- longing
- sexual desire
Antonyms:
- disgust
- anaphrodisia. sexualdesire
- aversion
- chastity
- disenchantment
verb
lusted, lusting, lusts
To feel an intense desire, esp. sexual desire.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- dislike
- be pure
- be chaste
- aversion
- disenchantment
- disgust
- anaphrodisia. sexualdesire
- chastity
Origin of Lust
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Old English lust (“lust, pleasure, longing"), 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 lustus, and perhaps to Sanskrit lush "to desire" and Albanian lushë (“bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman"), or to English loose. Confer list (“to please"), listless.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English desire las- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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