lust
noun
[ lʌst ]
• strong sexual desire.
• "he knew that his lust for her had returned"
Similar:
sexual desire,
sexual appetite,
sexual longing,
sexual passion,
lustfulness,
ardour,
desire,
passion,
libido,
sex drive,
sexuality,
biological urge,
lechery,
lecherousness,
lasciviousness,
lewdness,
carnality,
licentiousness,
salaciousness,
prurience,
horniness,
raunchiness,
the hots,
randiness,
salacity,
concupiscence,
nympholepsy,
lust
verb
• have strong sexual desire for someone.
• "he really lusted after me in those days"
Similar:
desire,
be consumed with desire for,
find sexually attractive,
find sexy,
crave,
covet,
want,
wish for,
long for,
yearn for,
hunger for,
thirst for,
ache for,
burn for,
pant for,
have the hots for,
lech after/over,
fancy,
have a thing about/for,
drool over,
have the horn for,
Origin:
Old English (also in the sense ‘pleasure, delight’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lust and German Lust .
