lust

verb

1
Make an excessive and obvious show of pleasure or desire.
- desire
- crave
- lust
- want
- wish for
- drool
  - informal
- - informal

noun

2
A passionate desire for something.
- lust
- desire
- craving
- - informal

Dialects

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Origin

Old English (also in the sense ‘pleasure, delight’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lust and German Lust.

Pronunciation

lust /lʌst/