lust

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Virility; vigour; active power.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
2. (archaic, intransitive, transitive, usually) To desire.

Synonyms

desire

passion

sexual desire

concupiscence

craving

crave

sexual passion

carnality

carnal desire

wish

sensuality

hunger

libido

lasciviousness

love

❤️

covetousness

eroticism

greed

longing

yearn

lewdness

lechery

thirst

covet

urge

luxuria

appetite

lustfulness

prurience

libidinousness

strong desire

lecherousness

long for

yearning

envy

zest

wantonness

itch

want

wishing

desires

salaciousness

sensual pleasure

deadly sin

pleasure

sensualism

appetency

sex

👉👌

avidity

ambition

Translations

Wollust

lussuria

luxure

lust

lujuria

désir

volupté

wellust

deseo

luxúria

luxúria

begeerte

hartstocht

Lust

λαγνεία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lʌst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: lust

Inherited from Old English: lust

Cognate with Old Saxon: -

Cognate with Dutch: lust

Cognate with Old Frisian: -

Cognate with Old High German: -

Cognate with German: Lust

Cognate with Swedish: lust

Cognate with Danish: lyst

Cognate with Icelandic: lyst

Cognate with Old Norse: losti

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃

Cognate with Sanskrit: लष्

Cognate with Albanian: lushë

Cognate with English: loose

In summary

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.