concupiscence

concupiscence

noun

Definition of CONCUPISCENCE

1

sexual appetite <the Puritans did not condemn concupiscence but rather the satisfaction of it in ways they deemed illicit>

Synonyms concupiscence, eroticism, horniness, hots, itch, lech, letch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, lustihood, passion, salaciousness

Related Words libido; ardor, heat, rut; erotomania, hypersexuality, lecherousness, lechery, nymphomania, satyriasis; venery

Near Antonyms abstinence, celibacy, chastity; frigidity, frigidness

2

intense sexual desire <according the church theologian St. Augustine, concupiscence is a consequence of original sin>

Synonyms ardor, concupiscence, eros, eroticism, horniness, itch, lustfulness, passion

Related Words erotomania, nymphomania, satyriasis; lasciviousness, lewdness, libidinousness, licentiousness, lickerishness, randiness, salaciousness, wantonness

Near Antonyms frigidity