lustful

English

Alternative forms

• lustfull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English lustful, from Old English lustfull (“desirous, wishful”); equivalent to lust +‎ -ful. Cognate with Dutch lustvol (“lustful, lusty”), German lustvoll (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllt (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllda (“lustful”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lûst′fl̩, IPA^(key): /ˈlʌst.fəl/

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Adjective

lustful (comparative more lustful, superlative most lustful)

1. Full of lust; driven by lust.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 161:

     Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind.

Synonyms

• concupiscent
• amorous

Derived terms

• lustfully
• lustfulness

Translations

full of lust

• Arabic: شَهْوَانِيّ (šahwāniyy)
• Bengali: কামাসক্ত (bn) (kamaśokto), কামুক (bn) (kamuk)
• Bulgarian: похотлив (bg) (pohotliv)
• Catalan: luxuriós (ca)
• Dutch: lustig (nl), wellustig (nl), geil (nl)
• Finnish: himokas (fi)
• French: lubrique (fr)
• Galician: luxurioso (gl) m
• German: lüstern (de)
• Greek: λάγνος (el) m (lágnos)

  Ancient: λάγνος (lágnos) (for men), μάχλος (mákhlos) (for women)

• Irish: drúisiúil, ainmhianach
• Italian: lussurioso (it) m, libidinoso (it) m
• Japanese: 淫らな (みだらな, midara-na), 好色な (こうしょくな, kōshoku-na)
• Kazakh: нәпсіқұмар (näpsıqūmar)
• Latin: salax, libīdinōsus, cupidus
• Manx: cannooagh, er cannoo, glieemianagh, miandagh, sayntagh, sayntoil, sayntoilagh
• Maori: mate wahine (for a woman), mate tāne (for a man), pohane, mate kanehe, tūkari
• Nepali: कामुक (ne) (kāmuk)
• Portuguese: luxurioso (pt)
• Russian: похотли́вый (ru) (poxotlívyj)
• Scots: lustie
• Scottish Gaelic: ana-miannach, baoiseach, baoiseil, drùiseach, feòlmhor, mear, miannasach
• Spanish: lujurioso (es)
• Swedish: liderlig (sv), lustfylld (sv)
• Thai: เต็มไปด้วยราคะ (dtem bpai dûay raaká), มักมากในกาม (mák mâak nai gaam)
• Vietnamese: dâm (vi) (淫), hiếu sắc (好色)
• Welsh: blysig, chwantus, rhewydd, llodig