lust

About 4.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.

   Seeing Leslie fills me with a passionate lust.

2. noun A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.

   The boarders hide their lust to go home.

3. noun A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.

   An ideal son is his father's lasting lust.

4. noun Virility; vigour; active power.
5. verb To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
6. verb To desire.

Similar words

lustfulness lecherousness hunger crave starve thirst luxuria enjoyment exhilaration appetite

Often followed by

for of and is in to after or as

Word family

lusted lusting lusts