lustnoun
uk/lʌst/us/lʌst/lust noun (DESIRE)
[ U ] a very strong sexual desire:
I don't think it's love so much as lust.
lust noun (WISH)
[ C or U ] a very powerful feeling of wanting something:
her lust for power
It's wonderful to see the children's lust for life (= how enthusiastic they are about life).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feelings of desire
- appetite
- caprice
- compulsion
- covetous
- craving
- dream
- drive
- get itchy feet idiom
- hankering
- hunger
- impulse buy
- inclination
- longing
- need
- urge
- vaulting
- whim
- wish
- yearning
- yen
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lustful
adjective uk/ˈlʌst.fəl/us/ˈlʌst.fəl/
lustful thoughts
lustfully
adverb uk/ˈlʌst.fəl.i/us/ˈlʌst.fəl.i/
lustfulness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈlʌst.fəl.nəs/us/ˈlʌst.fəl.nəs/