lust
Definitions
- A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
- plural of gana
- A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
- desire, wish, want
- A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.
- enthusiasm
- Virility; vigour; active power.
- lust (chiefly when preceded by compound verb traerle o tener)
- second-person singular present indicative of ganar
Equivalents
Examples
“Seeing Leslie fills me with a passionate lust.”
“The boarders hide⟳ their lust to go home.”
“For little luſt had ſhe to talke of ought, […]”
“[T]he vvorld thruſts it ſelfe betvvixt me and heauen; and, by his darke and indigeſted parts, eclipſeth that light⟳ vvhich ſhined to my ſoule. Novv, a ſenſeleſſe dulneſſe ouer-takes mee, and beſots mee; my luſt to deuotion is little, my ioy none at all: Gods face⟳ is hid, and I am troubled.”
“An ideal son is his father's lasting lust.”
“Pompe, pryde, honour, ryches, and wordly lust, / Parrot sayth playnly, shall tourne all to dust.”
“It is reported, that Trees will grow⟳ greater, and beare better Fruit, if you put⟳ Salt, or Lees of Wine, or Bloud to the Root. The Cauſe may be the Encreaſing the Luſt or Spirit of the Root; […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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