lustful

adjective

lust·​ful ˈləst-fəl How to pronounce lustful (audio)
: excited by lust : lecherous
lustfully adverb
lustfulness noun

Examples of lustful in a Sentence

He looked at her with lustful eyes. a chronically lustful college jock who was always chasing after girls
Recent Examples on the Web In a sneak peek released on Thursday, fans get a glimpse at the lustful intrigue — not to mention befuddled flirtation! Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024 The 80-year-old rock legend slapped the Puerto-Rican rapper during a taping of a Spanish soap opera and infiltrated a covenant as a nun-in-disguise to come onto the ironically lustful female nuns. Chris Barilla, Peoplemag, 22 Oct. 2023 Because surely, surely, the housewives of Dublin were not so lustful that chance encounters with tradesmen led immediately to attacks of passion and fornication? Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023 The three judges of the presiding court — who all happened to be women — agreed with the defense that because of the public setting, in the atrium of the school with dozens of students present, the janitor’s actions did not have a lustful intent. Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 14 July 2023 Where Sweeney falls into lustful mania, Ashley wades in lustful shame. Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2022 And Carrie’s best friend, Samantha Jones, was present only via text message because Kim Cattrall declined to reprise her role as the lustful publicist. Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023 In the show’s fourth season, Ander and Patrick find themselves in a lustful throuple turned love triangle with Ander’s boyfriend Omar. USA TODAY, 30 May 2023 The film is a wild, funny, lustful, food-centric quest that fuses Western moviemaking styles with Japanese ideas. Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lustful was in the 14th century

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“Lustful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lustful. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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lustful

adjective
lust·​ful ˈləst-fəl How to pronounce lustful (audio)
: excited by lust
lustfully adverb
lustfulness noun

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