lust after
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lust after (third-person singular simple present lusts after, present participle lusting after, simple past and past participle lusted after)
- To have strong sexual feelings or desires for someone with whom the individual is not in a relationship with.
- 1999 March 20, Natalie Angiers, The Guardian:
- David Buss, of the University of Michigan, another evolutionary psychologist of the unerring Nicene Creed, has said that asking a man not to lust after a pretty young woman is like telling a carnivore not to like meat.
Translations
[edit]To have strong sexual desires for
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