lust (/lʌst/)
noun · Advanced · Emotions & Feelings
🔊 /lʌst/
Meaning
Meaning: strong physical desire
A strong feeling of sexual or physical desire.
Examples
🗣 Blinded by lust for power, the ambitious minister betrayed even his closest and oldest allies.
Etymology
From Old English ‘lust’ (pleasure, desire), of Germanic origin.
How & Where It’s Used
Often sexual, but also a strong craving, as in ‘lust for adventure’.
Tags: emotion, desire