Definitions for: Lust

[n] self-indulgent sexual desire (personified as one of the deadly sins)
[n] a strong sexual desire
[v] have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

Webster (1913) Definition: 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; sexual appetite. --Milton.

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

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.

Synonyms: crave, hunger, lecherousness, lustfulness, luxuria, starve, thirst

See Also: concupiscence, deadly sin, desire, mortal sin, physical attraction, sexual desire, want

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