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lust Definition

lust (lust)

noun

  1. a desire to gratify the senses; bodily appetite
    1. sexual desire
    2. excessive sexual desire, esp. as seeking unrestrained gratification
    1. overmastering desire a lust for power
    2. intense enthusiasm; zest
  4. Obsolete
    1. pleasure
    2. inclination

Etymology: ME < OE, pleasure, delight, appetite, akin to Ger pleasure < IE base *las-, to be eager > L lascivus, wanton, larva, specter, ghost: sexual senses in E chiefly < rendering Vulg. concupiscentia carnis (1 John 2:16) as “lusts of the flesh”

intransitive verb

to feel an intense desire, esp. sexual desire: often with after or for

lust Synonyms

lust

n.

appetite, passion, concupiscence; see desire 3.

lust Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • fulfill: Walk in the Spirit, or fulfill the lusts of the flesh?
  • fulfill: So long as we walk in the Spirit we do not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
  • satisfy: A psychosis which becomes so powerful that killing random women cannot satisfy the blood lust he has for his wife.

Preposition: at

  • sight: Love can grow for many reasons, from lust at first sight to friendship that develops over a long period of time.

Adjective modifier

  • fleshly: Did Christ pander to all their fleshly lusts to see with their eyes rather than to have faith?
  • carnal: It of course symbolizes the emptiness of Volpone's love which is nothing more than carnal lust in fancy dress.
  • unbridled: Even he had to admit that they smelled " bloody awful " in such moments of unbridled lust.
  • insatiable: Yet in the end, his noble qualities were subsumed by his insatiable lust for glory.
  • worldly: Grace teaches men to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts ( Tit.
  • shameful: Such godless people ' God has given over, ' the Apostle says, ' to shameful lusts.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • over: Ferraris are not meant to be practical, they are to give you immense pleasure, and to lust over.

Noun used with modifier

  • blood: Having sated their blood lust, the next thing people do is try to explore.
  • diver: We have ' divers lusts, ' Titus iii.

Preposition: of

  • flesh: Walk in the Spirit, or fulfill the lusts of the flesh?
  • eye: The last days of Belshazzar were days of the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes.

Preposition: for

  • power: The European Union's lust for power knows no bounds.
  • gold: But he learns harsh lessons, above all that his lust for gold means very little compared with his love for family and friends.
  • blood: Beyond them, barring his way, the self proclaimed Gods of Death, sadistic warriors with a lust for blood.
  • profit: Others see the roots in lust for profit against a background of lawlessness in a gun culture.
  • life: Here, he has defeated the Doctor by merging with him with his lust for life overcoming the Doctor's spirit.
lust Quotes

Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present: fear, avarice, lust and ambition look ahead.

—Lewis, C(live) S(taples)

Beautyand the lust for learning have yet to be allied.

—Beerbohm, Sir (Henry) Max(imilian)

Palate, the hutch of tasty lust, Desire not to be rinsed with wine: The can must be so sweet, the crust So fresh that come in fasts divine!

—Hopkins, SirAnthony

I have looked on a lot of women with lust. I have committed adultery in my heart many times.God recognizes I will do that, and forgives me.

—Carter,Jimmy (James Earl)

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time. Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you. That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

—Bible (NewTestament)

For the crown of our life as it closes Is darkness, the fruit thereof dust; No thorns go as deep as a rose's, And love is more cruel than lust. Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives.

—Swinburne, Algernon Charles

Lust carries her sharp whip At her own girdle.

—Webster,John

For lust of knowing what should not be known, We take the Golden Road to Samarkand.

—Flecker,James Elroy

The Pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.

—Blake,William

Il en est de la luxure comme de l'avarice: elle augmente sa soif par l'acquisition des tre¤  sors. The same rule applies for lust, as for avarice: it increases its thirst by the acquisition of wealth.

—Bre'  de et de

What dreamest thou, drunkard, drowsy pate? Thy lust and liking is from thee gone. Thou blinkard blowboll, thou wakest too late.

—Skelton,John

Some weigh their pleasure by their lust, Their wisdom by their rage of will, Their treasure is their only trust; And cloake'  d craft their store of skill. But all the pleasure that I find Is to maintain a quiet mind.

—Dyer, Sir Edward

Of women's unnatural, unsatiable lust, what country, what village doth not complain?

—Burton, Robert pseudonym DemocritusJunior

Browse dictionary entries near lust

  1. ‹ Lusitania
  2. ‹ lush
  3. ‹ luscious
  4. ‹ Lusatian
  5. ‹ Lusatia
  6. ‹ Lusaka
  7. ‹ lurking
  8. ‹ lurk
  9. ‹ lurid
  10. ‹ Lurex
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