to lust

Examples

• All

• Rem, on the other hand, lusted after the limelight and being a celebrity.

  Fiction book (1999)

• You lust for power and wealth, position.

  The Book of Clarence (2024)

• I mean, over time, you love someone more, but you lust for them less.

  Club Random Podcast

• You lust for his blood.

  Gabriel (2007)

• You know, people, people lust for vengeance.

• I thought the women loved her and the men lusted after her.

  Fiction book (1994)

• You lay around lusting after her, but you were too scared to do anything about it.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Because it's about yearning for and lusting after something you can never have.

  Fiction book (1998)

• But that didn't stop me from lusting after her from a safe distance.

  Fiction book (1995)

• After three weeks in Calcutta, there was nothing Rebecca lusted for more than cool water.

  Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

C

to crave

vsto lust

103 3.8

To want something very much

adds the sense that the desire targets forbidden or unattainable things

S

to starve

vsto lust

• Informal

68 4.3

To want something very much because you do not have it

stresses craving often aimed at things that are forbidden or unreachable

C

to covet

vsto lust

39 6.7

To want something very much, especially something someone else has

is similar but focuses on wanting what may be forbidden or unreachable

H

to hunger

vsto lust

11 3.9

To want something very much, often food or success

narrows this to intense wanting that often involves forbidden or unreachable objects

T

to thirst

vsto lust

8 5.2

To have a strong wish for something

highlights craving for things that are especially forbidden or unattainable

H

to hanker

vsto lust

5 7.4

To want something very much for a long time

specifies that the longing often targets forbidden or difficult to obtain things

L

to lust after

vsto lust

• Informal

3 6.2

To want something very strongly, especially power or fame

places special weight on craving forbidden or hard to obtain things

Y

to yen

vsto lust

8.3

To want someone or something very much

emphasizes desire especially when the object is forbidden or hard to get

J

to jones

vsto lust

• Slang

9.9

To have a strong desire for something you want a lot

adds that the craving is for things that are forbidden or unattainable

Phrasal Verbs

L

to lust after

• NSFW

5 6.8

To feel a strong sexual desire for someone

L

to lust after

• Informal

3 6.2

To want something very strongly, especially power or fame

Compounds

L

lust for learning

4.1

A strong wish to learn new things

How Strong

to lust

• NSFW

30 6.3

to yearn

92 4.9

Surface Forms

Etymology