LUST
\lˈʌst], \lˈʌst], \l_ˈʌ_s_t]\
Definitions of LUST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
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a strong sexual desire
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self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)
By Princeton University
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have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
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a strong sexual desire
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self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Pleasure.
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Licentious craving; sexual appetite.
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Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.
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To list; to like.
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Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; - in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.
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To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; - often with after.
By Oddity Software
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Pleasure.
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Licentious craving; sexual appetite.
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Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.
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To list; to like.
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Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; - in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.
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To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; - often with after.
By Noah Webster.
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Strong desire to possess and enjoy, usually in a bad sense; as, a lust for gold; sinful and impure desire.
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To desire something strongly; have impure desires; with after.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Longing desire: eagerness to possess: carnal appetite: (B.) any violent or depraved desire.
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To desire eagerly: to have carnal desire: to have depraved desires.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon], Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy any strong or inordinate appetite or affection' evil propensity; sinful concupiscence;
