concupiscence
noun
con·cu·pis·cence kän-ˈkyü-pə-sən(t)s 
kən-
: strong desire
especially : sexual desire
concupiscent
kän-ˈkyü-pə-sənt
adjective kən-
Synonyms
- desire
- eroticism
- horniness
- hots
- itch
- lech
- letch
- libidinousness
- lust
- lustfulness
- lustihood
- passion
- salaciousness
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
the Puritans did not condemn concupiscence but rather the satisfaction of it in ways they deemed illicit
Recent Examples on the Web The depictions are disturbingly romantic: seminude invaders among smoldering monuments, preening with bloodlust and concupiscence. 
Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 9 June 2020
Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 9 June 2020 Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin concupiscentia, from Latin concupiscent-, concupiscens, present participle of concupiscere to desire ardently, from com- + cupere to desire
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
concupiscent
adjective
as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire such was Giacomo Casanova's notoriety as a promiscuous lover that his name became an epithet for a concupiscent man of the world Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- passionate
- hot
- lustful
- horny
- libidinous
- randy
- lascivious
- oversexed
- aroused
- goatish
- lecherous
- lubricious
- licentious
- lewd
- wanton
- satyric
- hypersexual
- salacious
- corrupt
- immoral
- excited
- itchy
- lubricous
- promiscuous
- dissolute
- degraded
- libertine
- dissolute
- depraved
- degenerate
- loose
- debauched
- easy
- fast
- indecent
- dissipated
- debased
- demoralized
- dissipated
- decadent
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- undersexed
- virtuous
- moral
- frigid
- chaste
- pure
- celibate
- monkish
- immaculate
- modest
- virginal
- monastic
- decent
- maidenly
- innocent
- straitlaced
- puritanical
- straightlaced
- prudish
- priggish
- prim
- lily-white
- Victorian
- intercommunicates
- intercommunicating
- intercommunication
- intercommunication system
- intercommunications
- intercommunicator
- intercommunicators
- intercommuning
- intercommunion
- intercommunions
- intercommunities
- intercommunity
- intercompany
- intercomparable
- intercompare
- intercompared
- intercompares
- intercomparing
- intercomparison
- intercomparisons
- intercomprehensibilities
- intercoms
- intercondenser
- interconfessional
- interconnect