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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lust
I.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blood lust
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blood
▪ I had not realised that one innocent man's plight could arouse such blood lust.
▪ It filled his enemies with terror and his own troops with unshakeable faith and unquenchable blood lust.
▪ But she fell back, reading in both Harold's eyes and Felicity's an unstoppable blood lust.
▪ Things had now degenerated into a blood lust.
▪ Is this satisfying everyone's innate, latent, hopefully minimal blood lust?
■ VERB
satisfy
▪ Such acts, he said, only served envy and the ambition of enraged parties or satisfied the cravings of lust.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He was a man possessed by greed, jealousy and lust.
▪ Her lust for money is insatiable.
▪ There was a mixture of lust and guilt in his eyes.
▪ These were not feelings of love but of lust, pure and simple.
▪ Throughout his career he was motivated by a lust for power.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He felt as if he had been led through the seven deadly sins one by one, with lust leading the way.
▪ If it was lust, there were other ladies ready and willing.
▪ Must Aegisth tote a live snake for us to realize that lust was the motivation for the murder of Agamemnon?
▪ She looked more desirable than ever; now, closing his aching eyes behind their glasses, he felt lust rise.
▪ Visual lust and inconsistency make fine bedfellows, I can tell you.
▪ We are born with the potential to develop lust, hunger, and anger.
II.verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But secrets lust to make more of their kind.
▪ Have you secretly been lusting after their time slot?
▪ I lust after this man, she thought.
▪ Publishers worldwide must be lusting for it.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lust

Lust \Lust\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lusting.] [AS. lystan. See Lust, n., and cf. List to choose.]

  1. To list; to like. [Obs.]
    --Chaucer. `` Do so if thou lust. ''
    --Latimer.

    Note: In earlier usage lust was impersonal.

    In the water vessel he it cast When that him luste.
    --Chaucer.

  2. 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.

    Whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
    --Deut. xii. 15.

    Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
    --Matt. v. 28.

    The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy.
    --James iv. 5.

Lust

Lust \Lust\, n. [AS. lust, lust, pleasure, longing; akin to OS., D., G., & Sw. lust, Dan. & Icel. lyst, Goth lustus, and perh. tom Skr. lush to desire, or to E. loose. Cf. List to please, Listless.]

  1. Pleasure. [Obs.] `` Lust and jollity.''
    --Chaucer.

  2. Inclination; desire. [Obs.]

    For little lust had she to talk of aught.
    --Spenser.

    My lust to devotion is little.
    --Bp. Hall.

  3. Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.

    The lust of reigning.
    --Milton.

  4. Licentious craving; a strong sexual appetite.
    --Milton.

  5. Hence: Virility; vigor; active power. [Obs.]
    --Bacon.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lust

c.1200, "to wish, to desire," from lust (n.) and Old English lystan (see list (v.4)). Sense of "to have a strong sexual desire (for or after)" is first attested 1520s in biblical use. Related: Lusted; lusting.

lust

Old English lust "desire, appetite, pleasure; sensuous appetite," from Proto-Germanic *lustuz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch, German lust, Old Norse lyst, Gothic lustus "pleasure, desire, lust"), from PIE *las- "to be eager, wanton, or unruly" (cognates: Latin lascivus "wanton, playful, lustful;" see lascivious).\n

\nIn Middle English, "any source of pleasure or delight," also "an appetite," also "a liking for a person," also "fertility" (of soil). Sense of "sinful sexual desire, degrading animal passion" (now the main meaning) developed in late Old English from the word's use in Bible translations (such as lusts of the flesh to render Latin concupiscentia carnis [I John ii:16]); the cognate words in other Germanic languages tend still to mean simply "pleasure."

Wiktionary
lust

n. 1 A feeling of strong desire, especially of a sexual nature. 2 (context archaic English) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual. 3 (context archaic English) A delightful cause of joy, pleasure. 4 (context obsolete English) virility; vigour; active power vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To desire very strongly. 2 (context intransitive English) To crave sexual contact urgently.

WordNet
lust
  1. n. a strong sexual desire [syn: lecherousness, lustfulness]

  2. self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: luxuria]

lust

v. have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn: crave, hunger, thirst, starve]

Wikipedia
Lust

Lust is an emotion or feeling of intense desire in the body. The lust can take any form such as the lust for sex, lust for expensive objects (extravagance) or the lust for power. It can take such mundane forms as the lust for food as distinct from the need for food. Lust is a psychological force producing intense wanting for an object, or circumstance fulfilling the emotion.

Lüst

Lüst is a surname, and may refer to:

  • Dieter Lüst (b. 1956), German theoretic physicist
  • Reimar Lüst (b. 1923), German astrophysicist
Lust (Jelinek novel)

Lust is a novel by Austrian author Elfriede Jelinek. Originally published in German in 1989, it was translated into English in 1992 by Michael Hulse.

Lust (Ambitious Lovers album)

Lust is the third album by Ambitious Lovers, released in 1991 through Elektra Records.

Lust (Michael Rother album)

Lust is the fifth studio album by the German solo artist Michael Rother. It was released in 1983 and includes the single "Palmengarten" b/w "Cascadia".

The album was recorded in 1982 in Germany at Rother's own studio Sterntaler Studio in Forst. Receiving positive reviews the album was released as an LP and Cassette in 1983. The album was reissued on CD in 1994 with bonus tracks and having been remastered.

Lust (Lords of Acid album)

Lust is the debut album by Belgian electronic band Lords of Acid, released in 1991. The band had released several 12-inch singles prior to their full-length debut, and these songs ("I Sit on Acid" and "Hey Ho!") were already dance club hits.

Continuing with their outrageous sexually-explicit, always tongue-in-cheek, often humorous lyrical themes, Lust had earned positive reviews from music critics, both in and out of the dance music community. As the album's title implies, the tracks touch upon various sexually-related topics, including sadism and masochism ("Rough Sex"), breast size ("I Must Increase My Bust"), sex with aliens ("Spacy Bitch") and oral and anal sex ("I Sit on Acid", whose entire lyrical content consists of the chant "I wanna sit on your face").

"The Most Wonderful Girl", an ode to self-love and masturbation, also appeared on the soundtrack to the film Sliver. The track "Hey Ho!" originally contained a sample of the "it's off to work we go" song from the 1937 Walt Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, however this sample was removed when the track appeared on this album most likely due to copyright issues.

The song "Let's Get High" features samples from Bill Cosby: Himself.

Lust has been re-issued twice: in 1996 (three bonus tracks added, "Paris France" and "Wet Dream" and "I Sit On Acid 96 Mix") and in 2001 in a "Stript" version, which presented the entire album with all vocals removed.

Lust (disambiguation)

Lust is an intense craving or drive that is directly associated with the thinking or fantasizing about one's desire, usually in a sexual way..

Lust may also refer to:

  • Lust (Lords of Acid album), 1991
  • Lust (Depth Charge album), 1999
  • Lust (Ambitious Lovers album), 1991
  • Lust (Michael Rother album), 1983
  • Lust (Jelinek novel), a 1989 novel by Austrian Nobel prize-winner Elfriede Jelinek
  • Lust (Ryman novel), a novel by Canadian writer Geoff Ryman
  • Lust (Fullmetal Alchemist), a character in the manga and anime series Fullmetal Alchemist
  • "Lust", a song by Tori Amos on her album To Venus and Back
  • Lust (color), a shade of red
  • Lust (film), a 2011 Egyptian film
  • LUST, an acronym for Leaking Underground Storage Tank
  • Lustboy, nickname of Ham Jang-sik, Korean League of Legends player
Lust (Depth Charge album)

Lust is the second album by Depth Charge, and alias of UK producer Jonathan Saul Kane. After five years with very little activity under the Depth Charge name, Kane returned with two albums almost at once ( Lust 2 followed only a month later). Kane is often cited as a forerunner of trip hop and an influence on labels such as Mo'Wax and Ninja Tune and tracks on the album continued to reflect his interest in B-movie culture, many tracks containing samples from comprise instrumental hip-hop beats with dialogue and musical samples from films, particularly martial arts movies, westerns and blaxploitation flicks.

There were some noticeable differences from the debut Depth Charge album, however. The tracks 21.3.1993 and Desire are much closer in sound to the electro records Kane makes under the pseudonym The Octagon Man. Harley Davidson is a cover of a song written by Serge Gainsbourg, and features vocals by Louise Prey. Sex, Sluts 'n' Heaven features a vocal contribution by Blowfly. The album also contains a spoken word introduction by Hrönn Sveinsdóttir.

Lust (film)

Lust (, translit. El Shoq) is a 2011 Egyptian drama film directed by Khaled El Hagar. The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.

Usage examples of "lust".

Fox himself seems to have felt that his cause was not a good one, for after replying to the arguments adduced in favour of the propositions, by Pitt and his supporters, and vindicating himself from the notion of being influenced in his opinion by the favour of the prince, he made a personal attack on the minister, accusing him with sacrificing the principles of the constitution to his lust of power.

It would be similar with adultery, had it not been provided that the power to commit this evil decreases with the abuse, but with many there still remains the enjoyment of thinking and talking about it, and if nothing more, there is still the lust of touch.

Because of this lack of shame in what to humans was an act more secret than prayer, the ancipital race was a symbol of lust.

Cervantes, Don Quixote By the time of their tenth wedding anniversary in January 1982, Frederick and Rosemary West were consumed by an evil, all-pervading lust.

The sight of his giant cockhead was intoxicating, and the arousing sight of the veins pulsing along his massive shaft made Hannah whimper as lust raced through her veins.

Alice slowly raised herself off Connie, with eyes still humid with lust and her cunt bedewed with love-juice.

He was mesmerized, his bright blue eyes dark with lust, watching them rock together.

You must find a place of refuge, for before long, the streets of Bodach will be crowded with undead, searching to satisfy their lust for living flesh.

I did this deliberately, having found out by hard experience that money was the bondslave of lust, and rank the breastplate of inanity.

His groin tightened painfully at the thought, and he angrily tempered the burgeoning lust.

No sooner did the men who came to the house hear that I was a maid than they longed to slake their brutal lust upon me, offering me gold if I would submit to their caresses.

You must confess that the Greek woman has given you an evident proof that you had taken her fancy, but that she has at the same time given you a proof not less certain of her beastly lust, and of an effrontery which exposed her to the shame of being repulsed, for she could not possibly know whether you would feel as well disposed for her as she felt for you.

Garp confessed his lust for Cushie Percy and rendered a suitably tame version of the consummation scene.

She had seen glances hot with wine and lust, claspings of hands, loosened cyclas, and more lascivious reclinings.

CHAPTER XI THE VILLAGE OF YOKA FOR several minutes Barbara Harding lay where she had collapsed after the keen short sword of the daimio had freed her from the menace of his lust.