lustful
pronunciation
How to pronounce lustful in British English:
UK [ˈlʌstfl]
How to pronounce lustful in American English:
US [ˈlʌstfəl]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by lust
- driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
- vigorously passionate
Word Origin
- lustful (adj.)
- Old English lustfull "wishful, desirous, having an eager desire;" see lust (n.) + -ful. Specifically of sexual desire from 1570s. Related: Lustfully; lustfulness. Middle English also had lustsome, which was used in a sense of "voluptuous, lustful" from c. 1400. Old English had lustbære "desirable, pleasant, cheerful, joyous."
Example
- 1. Men will evolve the lustful instincts appropriate to the women of their time .
- 2. A little later , a lustful boy sits on a school bus " with an ache in his heart and in his balls . "
- 3. The surging of lustful desire charming young married woman .
- 4. Women would have evolved to be fairly lustful only when in a fertile part of their cycle .
- 5. The monkey is the mind and the lustful desires keep running all over the place inside of it .