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Antonyms for lust

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : luhst
Phonetic Transcription : lÊŒst

Definition of lust

Origin :
  • Old English lust "desire, appetite, pleasure," from Proto-Germanic *lustuz (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch, German lust, Old Norse lyst, Gothic lustus "pleasure, desire, lust"), from PIE *las- "to be eager, wanton, or unruly" (cf. Latin lascivus "wanton, playful, lustful;" see lascivious).
  • In 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 (e.g. 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."
  • noun appetite, passion
  • verb desire strongly
Example sentences :
  • But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • What a setting of blood and lust and flame and rapine for such a hero!
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • The offspring of pride, and lust, and avarice, it is indigenous to the world.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • The mere presence of game does not breed in him a lust to slaughter something.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • My God, the very thought of it fills me with the lust of conquest.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • There is lust, of course: even the saints had to fight that—Saint Anthony and others.
  • Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
  • The sources of that conflict were two: doubts, and the lust of the flesh.
  • Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
  • He was on fire with a lust for action as he made his resolutions.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • She had done with lust, and the society of her paramours only worried and wearied her.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • Thrilling to the lust of battle, the two Americans emerged into an open square.
  • Extract from : « The Heads of Apex » by Francis Flagg

Synonyms for lust

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