lustful
/ˈlʌst.fəl/
lustful adjective: full of lust; driven by lust.
Adjective
lustful (comparative more lustful, superlative most lustful)
- Full of lust; driven by lust.
- Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 161
- Synonyms:
- concupiscent, amorous
lustful meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
lustful in Hindi
- full of lust
- कामुक kāmuk
lustful in Urdu
- lustful
- ٹھرکی ṭharkī, مست mast
lustful in Bengali
- full of lust
- কামাসক্ত kamaśokto, কামুক kamuk
lustful in Malayalam
- licentious, lecherous, lascivious
- കാമാർത്തനായ, കാമാസക്തനായ, കാമാന്ധനായ, കാമചാരിയായ, കാമയമാന, കാമയാന
More languagesFewer languages
- lustful in Odia
- ମକମକିଆ makamakiā, ନଷ୍ଟ naṣṭa
- lustful in Sanskrit
- लम्पट lampaṭa
- lustful in Nepali
- कामुक kāmuk
- lustful in Arabic
- شَهْوَانِيّ šahwāniyy
- lustful in Thai
- เต็มไปด้วยราคะ dtem bpai dûay raaká, มักมากในกาม mák mâak nai gaam
- lustful in Vietnamese
- dâm, hiếu sắc
Examples of lustful in a sentence
- They were lustful looks from the devil to push me towards you.
- One must descend to lustful night visions before climbing the angel's ladder of sun-filled dreams.
- And the doctor’s Jezebel come running from her lustful bed, still astink with sin and fear.
Synonyms of lustful
Forms of lustful
| comparative | more lustful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lustful |
| alternative form | lustfull |
Origin of lustful
From Middle English lustful, from Old English lustfull (“desirous, wishful”); equivalent to lust + -ful. Cognate with Dutch lustvol (“lustful, lusty”), German lustvoll (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllt (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllda (“lustful”).
Words formed from lustful
Questions about lustful
- What does lustful mean?
- Lustful means full of lust; driven by lust.
- What is lustful in Hindi?
- Lustful in Hindi is कामुक (kāmuk). See Lustful meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lustful?
- Lustful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce lustful?
- Lustful is pronounced /ˈlʌst.fəl/.
Words near lustful in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lustful (page history and authors); مست (Urdu) (page history and authors); lustful (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ନଷ୍ଟ (Odia) (page history and authors); लम्पट (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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