What (who) is lust - definition
EMOTION
Letchery; LUST; Lechers; Luxuria (vice); Lustful; Lust (sin)
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Lust
·noun Inclination; desire.
II. Lust ·noun Pleasure.
III. Lust ·noun Licentious craving; sexual appetite.
IV. Lust ·noun Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.
VI. Lust ·noun Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy;
- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.
VII. Lust ·noun 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.
lust
I
n.
1) to arouse lust
2) to feel lust
3) to gratify, satisfy one's lust
4) insatiable, unquenchable lust
5) lust for (lust for power)
II
v. (d; intr.) to lust after, for
lustful
¦ adjective having or showing strong feelings of sexual desire.
Derivatives
lustfully adverb
lustfulness noun
Wikipedia
Lust
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Lust is a psychological force producing intense desire for something, or circumstance while already having a significant amount of the desired object. Lust can take any form such as the lust for sexuality (see libido), money, or power. It can take such mundane forms as the lust for food (see gluttony) as distinct from the need for food or lust for redolence, when one is lusting for a particular smell that brings back memories. It is similar to but distinguished from passion, in that passion propels individuals to achieve benevolent goals whilst lust does not.
Pronunciation examples for lust
1. Liquid lust.
The Poetics of Saving the World _ Joseph Green _ Talks at Google
2. Was it lust?
The Other Woman _ Hank Phillipi Ryan _ Talks at Google
3. temptation, lust, greed.
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4. are just, like, lust-filled.
God and the Gay Christian _ Matthew Vines _ Talks at Google
5. JACKIE HOFFMAN: That's just lust.
Off-Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of lust
1. I was ecstatic inside with lust, lust and more lust.
2. The kind that made Yochai harness his wander–lust – and constrain his wandering lust – for the sake of settling down.
3. "Book Lust" has sold more than 100,000 copies; "More Book Lust," which came out in May, has already sold about 50,000.
4. I have sometimes wondered what would happen if the good reverends of this Earth got their way and lust –– evil, sinful lust –– vanished overnight.
5. After nights of lust, Basanti finally finds love.