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unlust

unlust noun: displeasure; dislike.

Noun

unlust (countable and uncountable, plural unlusts)

  1. (rare) Displeasure; dislike.
    • Poetry for me wove its own spell to secure me against all 'unlusts' - all criticisms - even against joylessness: I was set apart; in safety; as secure - in this way - as he. Who was in that audience, I wonder now? That all was success is certain.1983, Alison Waley, A Half of Two Lives
  2. (obsolete) listlessness; disinclination.
    • We fynde in oure silves vnlust and tediousnes to do good.1526, William Tyndale, A compendious introduction, prologue, or preface into the epistle of Paul to the Romans
    • In all hys meates lette a litle saffron be put:..but it causeth vnluste in the stomacke.1561, Hieronymus von Brunschwig, translated by John Hollybush, A most excellent and perfecte homish apothecarye

Forms of unlust

pluralunlusts

Origin of unlust

From Middle English unlust, from Old English unlust (“displeasure, dislike”), from Proto-West Germanic *unlust, from Proto-Germanic *unlustuz (“listlessness”). Equivalent to un- + lust.

Questions about unlust

What does unlust mean?
Unlust means displeasure; dislike.
What part of speech is unlust?
Unlust is a noun.
What is the plural of unlust?
The plural of unlust is unlusts.

Words near unlust in the dictionary

  1. unluminous
  2. unlumped
  3. unlunar
  4. unlunched
  5. unlunged
  6. unlust
  7. unlustful
  8. unlustfully
  9. unlustiness
  10. unlustrous
  11. unlusts

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