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lusting

lusting is the present participle and gerund of lust.

Meaning of lust

Verb

lust (third-person singular simple present lusts, present participle lusting, simple past and past participle lusted)

  1. (intransitive, usually in the phrase lust after) To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
    • He then thought that all the sins which he had ever committed were personified, and that they all cried out against him. One cried out, I am thy lust, with which thou formerly lustedst unlawfully, and against the precepts of God: […]1845, Samuel Fox, “Anglo[-]Saxon Monks. Theodore. A Monastic Vision. […]”, in Monks and Monasteries; Being an Account of English Monarchism (The Englishman’s Library; XXVIII), London: James Burns...
  2. (archaic, intransitive, transitive, usually, for, to) To desire.
    • And I ſaye vnto you that helias ys come alredy / and they knewe hym nott: butt have done vnto him whatſoever they luſted.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xvij:[12], folio xxiiij, recto

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Noun

lusting (plural lustings)

  1. The act of one who lusts.
    • These depraved lustings after flesh, grease, narcotics, etc., are a disgrace to human nature; you ought to be ashamed of them, and eradicate and destroy them as soon as possible.1851, J. Bradford Sax, The Organic Laws; Or, the Laws which Govern the Human Organism

Forms of lusting

plurallustings

Words formed from lusting

Phrases with lusting

Questions about lusting

What does lusting mean?
Lusting means the act of one who lusts.
What is lusting the present participle and gerund of?
Lusting is the present participle and gerund of lust.
What part of speech is lusting?
Lusting is a noun.
What is the plural of lusting?
The plural of lusting is lustings.

Words near lusting in the dictionary

  1. lustihead
  2. lustihood
  3. lustily
  4. lustiness
  5. lustinesses
  6. lusting
  7. lusting after
  8. lustingly
  9. lustings
  10. lustious
  11. Lustleigh

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