LUSTFULNESS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

lustfulness

noun

Definition of lustfulness

1

as in lust

intense sexual desire a sermon on lustfulness and the weakness of the flesh

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frigidity

2

as in desire

sexual appetite the legendary lustfulness of sailors who have been at sea for far too long

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Noun

The gorgeous 16-track set explores grief, passion, hope, lust and reflection across four movements, featuring a bevy of special guests, including Thundercat, Steve Lacy, DRAM, Westside Gunn, Kamasi Washington, Earl Sweatshirt and more.

— Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026
More midlife women are logging on in search of everything from lasting love to a little lust.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of lust

Noun

Ellen displays intimacy with Lara in front of Ruby; Lara withholds and then offers attention; Ruby watches with envy, desire, and the alertness of a guest who cannot tell whether she is being welcomed or appraised.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Produced by Sergio Adrià’s Espurna Films, with Sandra Hermida on board as co-producer, the film centers on 17-year-old Clara, whose desire to be seen and loved is complicated by a growing impulse to escape the expectations surrounding her.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of desire

Noun

In the early 1960s, California real estate developer Joseph Eichler took his passion for modernist architecture to San Francisco, working with the architect Claude Oakland to design 104 single-family homes in the city’s Diamond Heights neighborhood.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2026
For Royal, the seven-year-old girl who first fell in love with the guitar could hardly have imagined where that passion would take her.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of passion

Noun

Through the eyes of a scammer, America is a nation of satyrs and harlots, our concupiscence interrupted only by occasional trips to Walmart or the gas station.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Gregory of Nyssa, contemplating the Christian horror of concupiscence, once theorized that had not Adam and Eve sinned, the two of them would have remained virgins and reproduced in whatever way angels did.

— David Harsanyi, National Review, 8 June 2023

Definition of concupiscence

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