lustfulness
/'lʌstfulnis/
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Definition
Noun: 1. A strong, intense, and often uncontrolled sexual desire: The state or quality of having powerful, passionate, and sometimes excessive sexual cravings.
Usage
Lustfulness is a formal or literary noun used to describe a powerful, consuming sexual appetite. It often carries a negative connotation, implying a lack of restraint or a purely physical, non-emotional desire.
Examples
- The novel explored the themes of lustfulness and moral decay within the aristocracy.
- His lustfulness was his tragic flaw, leading him to make reckless decisions.
- The preacher warned against the sins of greed and lustfulness.
Advanced Usage
- In a psychological or analytical context: The term can be used to discuss drives or impulses in a clinical or philosophical sense.
- The study examined the role of primal lustfulness in human behavior.
Variants and Related Words
- Lust (n): The more common noun form for intense sexual desire.
- Lustful (adj): Having or showing strong feelings of sexual desire.
- He gave her a lustful glance.
- Lustfully (adv): In a manner showing strong sexual desire.
Synonyms
- Lechery: Excessive or offensive sexual desire.
- Lasciviousness: Feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire.
- Libidinousness: Characterized by lust.
- Carnality: The quality of being physical, especially sexual, rather than spiritual.
Antonyms
- Chastity: The state of refraining from sexual activity.
- Celibacy: The state of abstaining from marriage and sexual relations.
- Asexuality: A lack of sexual attraction to others.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "Blind with lustfulness": So consumed by sexual desire that one cannot think rationally.
- He was blind with lustfulness and failed to see the danger.
Noun
- a strong sexual desire