Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.

    Seeing Leslie fills me with a passionate lust.

    Wollust, Lust

    по́хотьpóxotʹ, похотли́востьpoxotlívostʹ, вожделе́ниеvoždelénije

    по́хітьpóxitʹ, пожа́дливістьpožádlyvistʹ, хти́вістьxtývistʹ

    a strong sexual desire

  2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.

    The boarders hide their lust to go home.

    Lust, Begehren, Verlangen

    жела́ниеželánije, хоте́ниеxoténije

  3. (archaic, countable, uncountable)A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.

    An ideal son is his father's lasting lust.

    Freude

    страстьstrastʹ, па́ссияpássija

  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Virility; vigour; active power.

Examples

29 sentences
  1. Love is merely a lyrical way of referring to lust.

    Кохання - це лише ліричний способ називати хтивість. — deniko

    ruЛюбовь - только лирический способ назвать страсть. — Lich

  2. Lust is one of the seven deadly sins.

    Хтивість — один із семи смертних гріхів. — deniko

    ruПохоть есть один из семи смертных грехов. — maxkoryukov

    deWollust ist eine der sieben Todsünden. — Manfredo

  3. Abstain from fleshly and worldly lusts.

  4. It wasn't love, it was just lust.

    deEs war nicht Liebe, es war nur Begierde. — raggione

  5. Sami's lust for outside sex grew uncontrollable.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
strong desire, especially of a sexual nature:
Русский
By meaning 3
strong desire, especially of a sexual nature:
general want or longing:
delightful cause of joy, pleasure:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
strong desire, especially of a sexual nature:
general want or longing:
delightful cause of joy, pleasure:

Origin

From Middle English lust, from Old English lust (“lust, pleasure, longing”), from Proto-We

From Middle English lust, from Old English lust (“lust, pleasure, longing”), from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.

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