Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Intense sexual desire.
- noun An overwhelming desire or craving.
- noun Intense eagerness or enthusiasm.
- noun Obsolete Pleasure; relish.
- intransitive verb To have an intense desire, especially one that is sexual.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Desire, inclination, or wish in general.
- noun Intense longing desire; eagerness for possession or enjoyment: as, the lust of gain.
- noun Specifically Evil propensity; depraved affection or desire.
- noun In absolute use, carnal desire; sexual appetite; unlawful desire of sexual pleasure; concupiscence.
- To desire eagerly; long: with after or for.
- To take pleasure; delight; like.
- Specifically To have evil desire.
- To have carnal desire: with after.
- noun Pleasure; delight; a source of pleasure.
- A Middle English form of
list .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Pleasure.
- noun obsolete Inclination; desire.
- noun Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense.
- noun Licentious craving; a strong sexual appetite.
- noun obsolete Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.
- intransitive verb obsolete To list; to like.
- intransitive verb To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A feeling of strong desire, especially of a
sexual nature. - noun archaic A general
want orlonging not necessarily sexual or devious. - noun archaic A delightful cause of
joy , pleasure. - verb intransitive To very strongly
desire . - verb To
crave sexual contact urgently.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
- noun a strong sexual desire
- noun self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Sexual attraction alone and what we describe as lust, passion or other less mysterious motivations do not answer the question.
Warren Adler: The Mystery of Love Warren Adler 2011
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Sexual attraction alone and what we describe as lust, passion or other less mysterious motivations do not answer the question.
Warren Adler: The Mystery of Love Warren Adler 2011
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Sexual attraction alone and what we describe as lust, passion or other less mysterious motivations do not answer the question.
Warren Adler: The Mystery of Love Warren Adler 2011
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Sexual attraction alone and what we describe as lust, passion or other less mysterious motivations do not answer the question.
Warren Adler: The Mystery of Love Warren Adler 2011
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He takes what we call lust, and makes of it the main motive force in his vivid and terrible sketches.
Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations John Cowper Powys 1917
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If the child is conceived not in lust but in love, it is rightly born.
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Hormonally driven teenage lust is not a template for how adults should behave.
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The couple's lips met and the next two hours were consumed by intense lovemaking that eventually drained all the lust from the barbarian's powerful body.
More Conan Fan Fiction! Cromsblood 2010
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Apparently all women fall head over heels in lust with him and that a mature and realistic attitude to work is for lesser people.
NBM: On the Odd Hours, Joe and Azat, Year of Loving Dangerously » Comics Worth Reading 2010
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Shame the only thing holding DADT together (at least as a social issue) are these fundie idiots who still think that every gay man or gay woman who sees them will fall hopelessly in lust with them, and fall over themselves with their crazed lust to try and have their way with the fundies.
rommy commented on the word lust
lust is real. love is an illusion.
October 3, 2009