lust

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a strong sexual desire

Similar word(s): lecherousness, lustfulness

Definition categories: feeling, concupiscence, eros

2. self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Definition categories: act

Sentences with lust as a noun:

- Seeing Kim fills me with a passionate lust.

- The boarders hide their lust to go home.

- An ideal son is his father's lasting lust.

verb

1. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

Similar word(s): crave, hunger, starve, thirst

Definition categories: consumption, desire, want

Sentences with lust as a verb:

- He was lusting after the woman in the tight leather miniskirt.