1
: usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness
He was motivated more by lust than by love.
2
a
: an intense longing : craving
a lust to succeed
b
: enthusiasm, eagerness
admired his lust for life
lusted; lusting; lusts
: to have an intense desire or need : crave
specifically
: to have a sexual urge
Examples of lust in a Sentence
Noun
He was consumed by lust.
He was driven by a lust for power.
Lust for chocolate drew her into the candy store.
Verb
I'm lusting after that new SUV
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Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 28 July 2025
Accounts of Jewish congregational life in Berlin are mixed with detailed descriptions of the awkwardness and lust that go along with living inside a female teenage body.
—Troy McMullen, ABC News, 8 June 2025
Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
George McFly lusts after his longtime crush, classmate and neighbor Lorraine.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 3 July 2025
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Noun
There is nothing, these films insist, quite like that first blush (and flush) of love (and lust).
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 28 July 2025
Accounts of Jewish congregational life in Berlin are mixed with detailed descriptions of the awkwardness and lust that go along with living inside a female teenage body.
—Troy McMullen, ABC News, 8 June 2025
Verb
Trump has always wanted the world as his audience and lusted for the attention that few people in history ever receive.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2025
George McFly lusts after his longtime crush, classmate and neighbor Lorraine.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 3 July 2025
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“Lust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lust. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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