adjective
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driven by lust
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archaic vigorous or lusty
Other Word Forms
- lustfully adverb
- lustfulness noun
- unlustful adjective
- unlustfully adverb
Etymology
Origin of lustful
Example Sentences
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Mr. Armitage is particularly attentive to the psychological evolution of Gilgamesh, that lustful tyrant-turned-quester, two-thirds divine, whose journey is less heroic than existential.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Wealth has a way of sorting relationships when one friend's opulence brings out lustful envy in the others, the deadly sins most likely to drive daggers into the gut of any platonic bond.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2025
For an actor who has long leveraged his baby-faced looks to play everything from lustful teenagers and rabble rousers to narcos and soccer players, his portrayal of Andy marks a departure for the actor.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024
He was signed up to sing multiple roles there, starting with the lustful dwarf Alberich in the company’s new “Ring” cycle, a coproduction with the Metropolitan Opera that was meant to head to New York.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022
And if so, does this make him angry or lustful or envious or anything at all?
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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