- lustful
- [[t]lʌ̱stfʊl[/t]]
ADJ: usu ADJ nLustful means feeling or expressing strong sexual desire.
He can't stop himself from having lustful thoughts.
English dictionary. 2008.
He can't stop himself from having lustful thoughts.
English dictionary. 2008.
Lustful — Lust ful, a. 1. Full of lust; excited by lust. Spenser. Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 2. Exciting lust; characterized by lust or sensuality. Lustful orgies. Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Strong; lusty. [Obs.] Lustful health. Sackville. Syn: sensual;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lustful — O.E. lustfull wishful, desirous, having an eager desire; see LUST (Cf. lust) (n.) + FUL (Cf. ful). Specifically of sexual desire from 1570s. Related: Lustfully; lustfulness. Middle English also had lustsome, which was used in a sense of… … Etymology dictionary
lustful — index dissolute, hot blooded, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, obscene, prurient, salacious, suggestive (risqué) … Law dictionary
lustful — lascivious, libidinous, lecherous, wanton, lewd, *licentious, libertine Analogous words: *carnal, fleshly, sensual, animal: *immoral, unmoral, amoral Contrasted words: pure, modest, decent, *chaste: *moral, virtuous … New Dictionary of Synonyms
lustful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ filled with lust; lecherous. DERIVATIVES lustfully adverb lustfulness noun … English terms dictionary
lustful — [lust′fəl] adj. 1. filled with or characterized by lust 2. Archaic lusty; vigorous lustfully adv. lustfulness n … English World dictionary
lustful — adjective 1. vigorously passionate • Syn: ↑lusty, ↑concupiscent • Similar to: ↑passionate • Derivationally related forms: ↑concupiscence (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lustful — lustfully, adv. lustfulness, n. /lust feuhl/, adj. 1. full of or motivated by lust, greed, or the like: He was an emperor lustful of power. 2. having strong sexual desires; lecherous; libidinous. 3. Archaic. lusty. [bef. 900; ME, OE; see LUST,… … Universalium
lustful — See lustful, lusty … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
lustful — adj wishful, desirous; gelustful desirable … Old to modern English dictionary