lust

1. 1

   A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.countableuncountable

   • Seeing Leslie fills me with a passionate lust.
2. 2

   A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.archaiccountableuncountable

   • The boarders hide their lust to go home.
3. 3

   A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.archaiccountableuncountable

   • An ideal son is his father's lasting lust.
4. 4

   Virility; vigour; active power.countableobsoleteuncountable

   • It is reported, that Trees will grow greater, and beare better Fruit, if you put Salt, or Lees of Wine, or Bloud to the Root. The Cauſe may be the Encreaſing the Luſt or Spirit of the Root; […]

syn. aphrodisia · carnality · colt's tooth · concupiscence · the hots · lech · love · lust · pride · urge to merge

ant. chastity · apathy · aphanisis · lustlessness

1. 1

   To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.intransitive

   • He then thought that all the sins which he had ever committed were personified, and that they all cried out against him. One cried out, I am thy lust, with which thou formerly lustedst unlawfully, and against the precepts of God: […]
2. 2

   To desire.archaicintransitivetransitive

   • And I ſaye vnto you that helias ys come alredy / and they knewe hym nott: butt have done vnto him whatſoever they luſted.
   • I Luſt I haue an appetyte to a thyng / Iappette. prime cõiu. [first conjugation] There is no lyuyng creature that can haue all thynge he luſteth foꝛ: […] I Luſte oꝛ longe foꝛ a thyng as a woman wͭ chylde dothe / […]