lustful

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈlʌstfəl/ UK /ˈlʌstfəl/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
full of strong sexual desire

He gave her a lustful, lingering stare.

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Synonyms

1 adj · full of strong sexual desire lecherous lascivious libidinousrandycarnal wanton prurient

Opposites

chaste pure celibate frigid

Word family

Derived forms lustfullylustfulness

Related forms lust lusty

Etymology

From Old English lustfull ('wishful, desirous'), from lust ('desire, pleasure') + -full. Lust is from Proto-Germanic *lustuz ('pleasure, desire').

lust Old English *lustuz Proto-Germanic

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# lustful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈlʌstfəl
**IPA (UK):** ˈlʌstfəl

## Meanings
1. full of strong sexual desire

## Examples
- He gave her a lustful, lingering stare.

## Synonyms
- lecherous
- lascivious
- libidinous
- randy
- carnal
- wanton
- prurient

## Antonyms
- chaste
- pure
- celibate
- frigid

## Derived Forms
- lustfully
- lustfulness

## Related Forms
- lust
- lusty

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

## Etymology
From Old English lustfull ('wishful, desirous'), from lust ('desire, pleasure') + -full. Lust is from Proto-Germanic *lustuz ('pleasure, desire').

## AI Etymology
Lustful comes from Old English lustfull ('wishful, desirous'), from lust ('desire, pleasure') + -full. Lust is from Proto-Germanic *lustuz ('pleasure, desire'). The etymological trail includes Old English lust and Proto-Germanic *lustuz. As an adjective, lustful means full of strong sexual desire. The same family is visible in derived forms such as lustfully and lustfulness and related forms such as lust and lusty. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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