lusty

adjective

ˈlə-stē 

lustier; lustiest

1

archaic : merry, joyous

2

: lustful

lusty passion

3

a

: full of strength and vitality : healthy, vigorous

a young, lusty, growing country

—Helen Harris

b

: hearty, robust

a lusty beef stew

c

: enthusiastic, rousing

a lusty rendition of the song

lustily

ˈlə-stə-lē 

adverb

lustiness

ˈlə-stē-nəs 

noun

Synonyms

• dynamic
• energetic
• flush
• gingery
• peppy
• red-blooded
• robust
• vigorous
• vital

Choose the Right Synonym for lusty

vigorous, energetic, strenuous, lusty, nervous mean having or showing great vitality and force.

vigorous further implies showing no signs of depletion or diminishing of freshness or robustness.

as vigorous as a youth half his age

energetic suggests a capacity for intense activity.

an energetic campaigner

strenuous suggests a preference for coping with the arduous or the challenging.

the strenuous life on an oil rig

lusty implies exuberant energy and capacity for enjoyment.

a lusty appetite for life

nervous suggests especially the forcibleness and sustained effectiveness resulting from mental vigor.

full of nervous energy

Example Sentences

the lusty young rowers on the college crew team

a lusty spirit of adventure

Recent Examples on the Web

Beneath the semiconservative lines of the Jetta, the GLI offers lusty upgrades in trim, engine, and running gear. —Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 15 Mar. 2023

Here, that lusty mill is tuned for more bottom-end torque (80 percent of its 528-pound-feet maximum is available at 2100 rpm) but still good for an 8000-rpm redline. —Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 7 Mar. 2023

Left alone in a house at night, a woman tweaks her own nipples while splashing milk down her own throat, for the sheer lusty pleasure of it. —Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2022

This 1967 Jaguar Mk II has so much to offer, including sedan practicality, lashings of chrome, and a lusty straight-six paired to a manual transmission. —Brendan Mcaleer, Car and Driver, 20 Oct. 2022

But the crucial progenitor was Charley Patton, a boastful, lusty, sometimes violent man who played guitar and sang with alarming ferocity. —David Remnick, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022

This was, of course, at their secondary school and the books in question were smuggled copies of romance novels—think Harlequin and Mills & Boon—which would be discreetly swapped with other lusty teenagers, out of sight of their teachers. —Olivia Marks, Vogue, 28 May 2022

Within the first six weeks, Joan proved not only to be a lusty eater but a very social and cuddly baby who loved long warm baths, in other words, a hedonist in the making. —Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022

Two women with guitars, coming on fierce, cool, arrogant, lusty, funny, not the least bit apologetic. —Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

lusty

adjective

ˈləs-tē 

lustier; lustiest

: full of vitality : vigorous, robust

lustily

-tə-lē 

adverb

lustiness

-tē-nəs 

noun