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lusting

verb

present participle of lust
as in copulating

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lusting
  1. copulating
  2. sleeping
  3. lying
  4. mating
  5. coupling
  6. fornicating
Verb
  • While copulating, female praying mantises often kill their mates and eat them.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • And finally, wouldn’t being near-perfectly still for an hour make a pair of copulating octopuses ridiculously exposed to predators?
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of copulating
Verb
  • The rise of sleep divorce Couples sleeping apart, sometimes called sleep divorce, is more common than many people realize.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Immigrants held in the garage have been shackled while sleeping, the summary of whistleblower allegations continued.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of sleeping
Verb
  • Stephens' reaction to the play, while Moore was lying lifeless on the turf, was even more brutal.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Hamilton’s campaign, in response, said Marshall was lying about the ad and called on the Republican senator to release all records in the case involving his former patient.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of lying
Verb
  • But though these chemicals are linked to mating in animal species, a link between pheromones and romantic attraction hasn’t been established in humans.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Wild turkeys can be particularly aggressive during mating season.
    — Elan Abrell, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
Definition of mating
Verb
  • For the project Winter and her team tired coupling plasma with electrocatalysis.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The authors of the Nature Energy paper found a way around that obstacle by coupling two ultra-thin nickel-titanium films.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of coupling
Verb
  • These are unhappy hedonists, boozing and fornicating for lack of fulfillment.
    — Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of fornicating
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“Lusting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lusting. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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