Lust

//lʌst//

Synonyms for "lust" (203 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Verb(2 words)
blissomchamber

Strong matches (61)

Noun(1 words)
concupiscence
Verb(2 words)
cravehunger

Related words (101)

Verb(2 words)
starvethirst

Related word relations

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More general

9 entries

More specific

8 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

4 entries

capable of

1 entries

causes desire

7 entries

derived

23 entries

Showing 16 of 23 words.

etymologically related_to

3 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

33 entries

Showing 16 of 33 words.

similar

1 entries

Translations

220 translations across 73 languages.

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Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐕎𐔼𐔵 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Albanian

1 entries
  • epsh noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Arabic

2 entries
  • شَهْوَة noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • شَهْوَة noun (general want or longing)

Assamese

1 entries
  • কাম noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • şəhvət noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • пажа́днасць noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • по́хаць noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • пра́га noun (general want or longing)
  • юр noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কাম noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • по́хот noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Burmese

4 entries
  • ကာမ noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • တဏှာ noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • ရမ္မက် noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • ရာဂ noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Catalan

3 entries
  • luxúria noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • luxúria noun (general want or longing)
  • luxúria noun (delightful cause of joy, pleasure)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • kauwag noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • uwag noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 性慾 /性欲 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • 情慾 /情欲 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • 淫慾 /淫欲 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • 肉慾 /肉欲 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Czech

3 entries
  • chtíč noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • touha noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • touha noun (general want or longing)

Danish

4 entries
  • begær noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • liderlighed noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • lyst noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • føle begær verb (crave sexual contact)

Dutch

4 entries
  • (zinnelijke) begeerte noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • begeerte noun (general want or longing)
  • lust noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • lust noun (general want or longing)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • volupto noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Estonian

4 entries
  • himu noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • himu noun (general want or longing)
  • iha noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • iha noun (general want or longing)

Farefare

1 entries
  • wɛgla yɛmleego noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Finnish

4 entries
  • himo noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • ikävä noun (general want or longing)
  • ikävöinti noun (general want or longing)
  • ilo noun (delightful cause of joy, pleasure)

French

4 entries
  • concupiscence noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • convoitise noun (general want or longing)
  • luxure noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • désirer verb (strongly desire)

Galician

1 entries
  • luxuria noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

German

4 entries
  • Begehren noun (general want or longing)
  • Freude noun (delightful cause of joy, pleasure)
  • Lust noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • Lust noun (general want or longing)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌽 verb (strongly desire)

Greek

3 entries
  • επιθυμία noun (general want or longing)
  • λαγνεία noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • ποθώ verb (strongly desire)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • תְּשׁוּקָה noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • השתוקק verb (strongly desire)
  • התאוה verb (strongly desire)
  • חמד verb (strongly desire)

Hindi

4 entries
  • इच्छा noun (general want or longing)
  • काम noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • राग noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • वासना noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • sóvárgás noun (general want or longing)
  • testi/nemi/érzéki vágy noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • vágy noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • vágy noun (general want or longing)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • nafsu noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • syahwat noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Irish

3 entries
  • ainmhian noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • anmhacnas noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • collaíocht noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Italian

4 entries
  • libidine noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • libido noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • lussuria noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • lussuria noun (general want or longing)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 好色 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • 情欲 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • 淫欲 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • 色欲 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • құймырлық noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Khmer

2 entries
  • កាម noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • រាគ noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Korean

3 entries
  • 성욕 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • 음욕 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • 정욕 noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Lao

3 entries
  • ກາມ noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • ກາມາຍົນ noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • ຕັນຫາ noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Latin

1 entries
  • cupido noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Latvian

1 entries
  • iekāre noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • похота noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • страст noun (delightful cause of joy, pleasure)

Maltese

1 entries
  • zina noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • тачаал noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • шунал noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Māori

4 entries
  • mate kanehe noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • pohane noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • pohane noun (general want or longing)
  • mate kanehe verb (strongly desire)

Nepali

1 entries
  • काम noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • şehwet noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • begjær noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • kjødslyst noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • lyst noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Occitan

1 entries
  • luxúria noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Old Prussian

1 entries
  • pakwaitīsnā noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Pali

2 entries
  • kāma noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • rāga noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Pashto

1 entries
  • شهوت noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Persian

1 entries
  • شهوت noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Polish

4 entries
  • chuć noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • pasja noun (delightful cause of joy, pleasure)
  • pożądanie noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • pragnienie noun (general want or longing)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • desejo noun (general want or longing)
  • luxúria noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • vontade noun (general want or longing)

Romanian

3 entries
  • concupiscență noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • desfrânare noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • luxură noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Russian

4 entries
  • вожделе́ние noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • жела́ние noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • жела́ние noun (general want or longing)
  • па́ссия noun (delightful cause of joy, pleasure)

Sanskrit

4 entries
  • काम noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • राग noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • रिरंसा noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • गृध्यति verb (strongly desire)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ana-miann noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • miann noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pȍhota noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • pȍžuda noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • по̏жуда noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • по̏хота noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Slovak

1 entries
  • chtíč noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Slovene

3 entries
  • pohota noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • sla noun (general want or longing)
  • strast noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alegría noun (delightful cause of joy, pleasure)
  • deseo noun (general want or longing)
  • ganas noun (general want or longing)
  • libídine noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Swahili

1 entries
  • shahawa noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Swedish

4 entries
  • begär noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • kättja noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • lust noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • åtrå noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kalibugan noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Tajik

1 entries
  • шаҳват noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Tatar

1 entries
  • шәһвәт noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Thai

3 entries
  • กาม noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • ตัณหา noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • ราคะ noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Turkish

4 entries
  • arzu noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • ihtiras noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • tutku noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • şehvet noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • по́хіть noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • пожа́дливість noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • хти́вість noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Urdu

1 entries
  • شہوت noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • شەھۋەت noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • shahvat noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • ham muốn noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)
  • tham muốn noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Volapük

1 entries
  • rüt noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gwŷn noun (strong desire, especially of a sexual nature)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

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Lust denies need.

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Love is merely a lyrical way of referring to lust.

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No, I'm not suffering from asthma. I'm moaning in lust!

Source: tatoeba (971685)

Why is it that, as soon as someone says the word love, lust metamorphoses into passion?

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