as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire
a chronically lustful college jock who was always chasing after girls
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Recent Examples of lustful
Sensuous food and French food in particular, retained its association with lustful appetites throughout the 1960s.
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Rachel Hope Cleves / Made By History, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Sensuous food and French food in particular, retained its association with lustful appetites throughout the 1960s.
—Rachel Hope Cleves / Made By History, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Instead of worrying that rich foods would lead to lustful appetites, Americans began worrying that rich foods would kill their libidos.
—Rachel Hope Cleves / Made By History, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
The story about Dieter sounds mostly made up, likely by a lustful Kier who invented a lustful brother to cover up his secret shame.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025
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Rachel Hope Cleves / Made By History, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Sensuous food and French food in particular, retained its association with lustful appetites throughout the 1960s.
—Rachel Hope Cleves / Made By History, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Instead of worrying that rich foods would lead to lustful appetites, Americans began worrying that rich foods would kill their libidos.
—Rachel Hope Cleves / Made By History, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
The story about Dieter sounds mostly made up, likely by a lustful Kier who invented a lustful brother to cover up his secret shame.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lustful
Adjective
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Steenburgen is also a passionate advocate for increasing funding for the arts in schools across the country.—
Scott Feinberg,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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LeBron James is one of the latest to join the long list of stars from other sports who are passionate about golf.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Sami Zayn got off to a hot start, with a moonsault off the barricade.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Cacti and succulents are usually from hot, arid climates.—
Dr. Matthew Lisy,
Hartford Courant,
2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Lopez has a conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 in Norwalk, California. 5.—
Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
25 July 2025
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Dance with a big, lascivious drag queen and post it.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
11 June 2025
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“Lustful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustful. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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