lust
/'lʌst/
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Definition
Noun:
- Intense or unrestrained sexual desire: A powerful, often overwhelming, craving for physical sexual gratification.
- An intense longing or craving for something: A passionate, sometimes uncontrolled, desire for a specific thing or experience.
Verb:
- To have an intense desire or craving: To feel a powerful, often physical, yearning for someone or something.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- His lust for power ultimately led to his downfall.
- The novel explores the destructive nature of lust and obsession.
- Verb:
- He lusted after the expensive sports car he saw in the showroom.
- The tyrant was said to lust for absolute control.
Advanced Usage
- "To lust after/for someone/something": This is the standard construction for the verb, indicating the object of the intense desire.
- She confessed to lusting for her neighbor.
- The company lusts after a larger market share.
Variants and Related Words
- Lustful (adj): Filled with or characterized by lust.
- He gave her a lustful glance.
- Lustfully (adv): In a lustful manner.
- He stared lustfully at the painting.
- Lustiness (n): This word is related but means vigor or robustness, not sexual desire.
Synonyms
- Noun: Craving, desire, hunger, passion, lechery, lasciviousness.
- Verb: Crave, desire, covet, yearn for, hunger for.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Lust after/for: To desire intensely. This is the primary phrasal construction for the verb.
- He has always lusted after fame and fortune.
Related Idioms
- A lust for life: An enthusiastic and passionate approach to living.
- Even at eighty, she has an incredible lust for life.
- Blood lust: An intense desire for violence or killing.
- The speech was designed to stir up the crowd's blood lust.
Noun
- self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)
- a strong sexual desire
Verb
- have a craving, appetite, or great desire for