lust

  • 21lust — *desire, appetite, passion, urge Analogous words: *cupidity, greed, avarice, rapacity: yearning, longing, hankering, thirsting or thirst, hungering or hunger (see LONG vb): craving, coveting (see DESIRE vb): gusto, zest, *taste …

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  • 22lust|i|ly — «LUHS tuh lee», adverb. in a lusty manner; vigorously; heartily …

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  • 23Lust — 1. Auf Lust folgt (leicht) Unlust. Frz.: Plaisir engendre deuil. (Cahier, 1391.) Holl.: Uit lust volgt onrust. – Volg den lust en hij baart onlust. (Harrebomée, II, 42.) Lat.: Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum est. (Cicero …

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  • 24Lust — Freude; Gaudi (umgangssprachlich); Belustigung; Spass (österr.); Genuss; Entzücken; Fez (umgangssprachlich); Begeisterung; Vergnügen; …

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  • 25Lust — Lụst die; , Lüs·te; 1 Lust (auf etwas (Akk)) nur Sg; der (meist momentane) Wunsch, etwas zu haben ≈ der Wunsch, das Verlangen nach etwas <große, keine Lust auf etwas haben>: Ich hätte jetzt Lust auf ein Stück Kuchen mit Schlagsahne 2 Lust… …

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  • 26Lust — LiteratureIn Dante s Inferno , the first Canticle of the Divine Comedy , the lustful are punished by being continuously swept around in a whirlwind, which symbolizes their passions. Penitents who are guilty of lust cleanse their soul of the sin… …

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  • 27lust — I n. 1) to arouse lust 2) to feel lust 3) to gratify, satisfy one s lust 4) insatiable, unquenchable lust 5) lust for (lust for power) II v. (d; intr.) to lust after, for * * * [lʌst] satisfy one s lust unquenchable lust (d; intr.) to l …

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  • 28lust — lust1 [lʌst] n [: Old English;] 1.) [U and C] very strong sexual desire, especially when it does not include love ▪ My feelings for Lauren were pure lust. 2.) [singular, U] a very strong desire to have something, usually power or money used to… …

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  • 29lust — noun 1 sexual desire ADJECTIVE ▪ pure ▪ a relationship based on pure lust ▪ carnal, physical, sexual ▪ insatiable, unbridled …

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  • 30lust — lust1 [ lʌst ] noun uncount 1. ) a strong feeling of wanting to have sex: DESIRE 2. ) great enthusiasm for something: PASSION: the artist s lust for life lust lust 2 [ lʌst ] verb lust after or lust for phrasal verb transitive 1. ) lust after/for …

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