lust

C1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /ˈlɜst/ UK /ˈlʌst/ See IPA manual

Freq #5502

Meanings

1

noun
A strong feeling of sexual desire.

The film portrays their relationship as driven entirely by lust.
2

noun
A strong, eager desire for something, not necessarily sexual.

His lust for power led him to betray his closest friends.
3

verb
To feel a strong desire for someone or something.

He lusted after wealth and the status it would bring.

Verb forms

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Multiword verbs with lust

lust after Prepositional verb C1

to feel strong sexual desire for someone

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a strong feeling of sexual... lustfulnesslecherousness

More aphrodisia carnality concupiscencelechlove pride

Opposites

apathyaphanisischastitylustlessness

Word family

Forms lustedlustinglusts

Derived forms antilustbloodlustinstalustluster lustfullusticlustihoodlustily lustinesslustlesslustmakinglustsome

Related forms lustfulnessrandywanderlust

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Phrases (1)

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lust after
to feel strong sexual desire for someone

Verb + preposition/particle

Etymology

From Middle English lust, from Old English lust (“lust, pleasure, longing”), from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz. Akin to Old Saxon, Dutch lust, Old Frisian, Old High German, German Lust, Swedish lust, Danish lyst, Icelandic lyst, Old Norse losti, Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (lustus), and perhaps to Sanskrit लष् (laṣ), लषति (laṣati, “to desire”) and Albanian lushë (“bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman”), or to English loose. Compare list (“to please”), listless.

lust Old English *lustu Proto-West Germanic *lustuz Proto-Germanic

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Emotions & Feelings

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# lust

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈlɜst/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈlʌst/
**Frequency rank:** 5502

## Meanings
1. A strong feeling of sexual desire.
2. A strong, eager desire for something, not necessarily sexual.
3. To feel a strong desire for someone or something.

## Examples
- The film portrays their relationship as driven entirely by lust.
- His lust for power led him to betray his closest friends.
- He lusted after wealth and the status it would bring.

## Synonyms
- aphrodisia
- carnality
- concupiscence
- lech
- love
- pride

## Antonyms
- apathy
- aphanisis
- chastity
- lustlessness

## Derived Forms
- antilust
- bloodlust
- instalust
- luster
- lustful
- lustic
- lustihood
- lustily
- lustiness
- lustless
- lustmaking
- lustsome

## Related Forms
- lustfulness
- randy
- wanderlust

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lust
- Root: *lustu
- Root: *lustuz

## Etymology
From Middle English lust, from Old English lust (“lust, pleasure, longing”), from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz. Akin to Old Saxon, Dutch lust, Old Frisian, Old High German, German Lust, Swedish lust, Danish lyst, Icelandic lyst, Old Norse losti, Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (lustus), and perhaps to Sanskrit लष् (laṣ), लषति (laṣati, “to desire”) and Albanian lushë (“bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman”), or to English loose. Compare list (“to please”), listless.

## AI Etymology
Lust is from Middle English lust, from Old English lust (“lust, pleasure, longing”), from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz. Akin to Old Saxon, Dutch lust, Old Frisian, Old High German, German Lust, Swedish lust, Danish lyst, Icelandic lyst, Old Norse losti, Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (lustus), and perhaps to Sanskrit लष् (laṣ), लषति (laṣati, “to desire”) and Albanian lushë (“bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman”), or to English loose. Compare list (“to please”), listless. In present-day use, it can mean a strong feeling of sexual desire, or a strong, eager desire for something, not necessarily sexual. Derived formations include antilust, bloodlust, instalust, luster, and lustful.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings

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