lustful
/'lʌstful/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Driven by or exhibiting intense sexual desire: Describes a person, feelings, or behavior characterized by strong, often uncontrolled, carnal appetite.
- Vigorously passionate: Can describe an intense, ardent eagerness or craving, though this usage is less common and often contextually linked to desire.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- He gave her a lustful glance across the room. (This describes a look filled with sexual desire.)
- The villain in the story was portrayed as a lustful tyrant. (This describes a person driven by sexual appetite.)
- She felt a sudden, lustful urge. (This describes an intense feeling of sexual desire.)
Advanced Usage
- "Lustful thoughts": Thoughts preoccupied with sexual desire.
- He struggled to suppress his lustful thoughts.
- "Lustful eyes" or "a lustful gaze": A way of looking that explicitly conveys sexual desire.
- The painting depicted the god with lustful eyes fixed on the mortal woman.
Variants and Related Words
- Lust (n): Intense sexual desire or a powerful craving for something.
- His lust for power was his downfall.
- Lustfully (adv): In a manner showing intense sexual desire.
- He stared lustfully at the treasure.
- Lustfulness (n): The state or quality of being lustful.
Synonyms
- Libidinous: Having or showing strong sexual desire.
- Lascivious: Feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire.
- Lewd: Crude and offensive in a sexual way.
- Prurient: Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters.
- Salacious: Treating sexual matters in a titillating or indecent way.
Antonyms
- Chaste: Abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse; without sexual desire.
- Pure: Free from sexual immorality.
- Asexual: Without sexual feelings or associations.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "Lustful heart": A heart or character dominated by carnal desire.
- The preacher warned against a lustful heart.
- "Lustful intent": The specific aim or purpose driven by sexual desire, often used in legal or moral contexts.
- He was accused of assault with lustful intent.
Adjective
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vigorously passionate
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driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
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libidinous orgies
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characterized by lust
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eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
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her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature
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prurient literature
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prurient thoughts
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a salacious rooster of a little man
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