lust

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: lecherousnesslustfulnessluxuriacravehungerthirststarve

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a strong sexual desireSynonyms: lecherousnesslustfulness
  2. self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)Synonyms: luxuria

Verb (1)

  1. have a craving, appetite, or great desire forSynonyms: cravehungerthirststarve
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lust \Lust\, n. [AS. lust, lust, pleasure, longing; akin to OS., D., G., & Sw. lust, Dan. & Icel. lyst, Goth lustus, and perh. tom Skr. lush to desire, or to E. loose. Cf. List to please, Listless.]

1.Pleasure. [Obs.] " Lust and jollity." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

2.Inclination; desire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

For little lust had she to talk of aught.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
My lust to devotion is little.— Bp. Hall.[1913 Webster]

3.Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain. [1913 Webster]

The lust of reigning.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

4.Licentious craving; a strong sexual appetite. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

5.Hence: Virility; vigor; active power. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Lust \Lust\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lusting.] [AS. lystan. See Lust, n., and cf. List to choose.]

1.To list; to like. [Obs.] --Chaucer. " Do so if thou lust. " --Latimer. [1913 Webster]

Note: In earlier usage lust was impersonal. [1913 Webster]

In the water vessel he it cast When that him luste.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

2.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. [1913 Webster]

Whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.— Deut. xii. 15.[1913 Webster]
Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.— Matt. v. 28.[1913 Webster]
The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy.— James iv. 5.[1913 Webster]
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