1
as in lust
intense sexual desire
a sermon on lustfulness and the weakness of the flesh
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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
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Louise Hémon The jury would also like to acknowledge a director whose film transported us into an extreme landscape, and created an unsettling atmosphere that kept us contemplating the nature of lust, education, and violence.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025 -
The story's become one of most iconic tales of the 20th century, one filled to the brim with glorious weirdness, corruption, blood, lust and plenty of song and dance.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But Mamdani also shares Obama’s desire to reach out to adversaries and be a unifying force in politics.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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But all of these tropes, from the beard to the villain, are predicated on the idea that sexuality and desire are always legible on the body.—
Kelly Foster Lundquist,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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As Mars and Neptune harmonize, passion inspires a leap of faith!—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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As an aspiring engineer, Nathan's passion for math and science shines brightly.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The eroticism is undeniable, never safe or consumable.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2025
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On the other side of the coin, a hearty shift toward big romance and a little eroticism has not kept Swift from dipping into her characteristically more reflective songwriting, as a yin to the album’s celebratory yang.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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The depictions are disturbingly romantic: seminude invaders among smoldering monuments, preening with bloodlust and concupiscence.—
Cullen Murphy,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2020
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“Lustfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustfulness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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