Definition of Lustful

1. Adjective. Characterized by lust. "A salacious rooster of a little man"

Exact synonyms: Lubricious, Prurient, Salacious
Similar to: Sexy
Derivative terms: Lustfulness, Prurience, Pruriency, Salaciousness, Salacity

2. Adjective. Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires. "Libidinous orgies"
Exact synonyms: Lascivious, Lewd, Libidinous
Similar to: Sexy
Derivative terms: Lasciviousness, Libido, Lustfulness

3. Adjective. Vigorously passionate.
Exact synonyms: Concupiscent, Lusty
Similar to: Passionate
Derivative terms: Concupiscence, Lustfulness, Lust, Lust

Definition of Lustful

1. a. Full of lust; excited by lust.

Definition of Lustful

1. Adjective. Full of lust; driven by lust. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lustful

1. marked by excessive sexual desire [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lustful

lust for learning
lusted
luster
lustered
lustering
lusterless
lusterlessly
lusterlessness
lusterous
lusters
lusterware
lusterwares
lustest
lusteth
lustfull
lustfully
lustfulness
lustfulnesses
lustic
lustick
lustier
lustiest
lustihead
lustihood
lustihoods
lustily
lustiness
lustinesses

Literary usage of Lustful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"A luxurious or lustful person ; from luxury, in the sense of incontinence. And, 'stead of heat, kindle infernal firee, Within the spendthrift veins of a dry ..."

2. Scandinavian Loan-words in Middle English by Erik Björkman (1900)
"56), give any disclosure as to the meaning of ME kugger-. Perhaps the word is related to Swed. dial. Mgg 'wanton, lustful, covetous for love' (Rietz); ..."

3. A Tibetan-English dictionary, with Sanskrit synonyms by Sarat Chandra Das (1902)
"1. lustful, passionate. 2. 4** n. of a flower; ... Idan 1. wishing ; a lustful person. 2. = Wq (Mnon.). ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"... who had suffered the most cruel indignities from the lustful or angry passions of their masters ; and the same cruelties, the same indignities, ..."

5. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... concupiscent, concupiscible, lustful, aspiring, ambitious, eager, greedy, grasping, rapacious, thirsty, ..."

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