lust

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. desire, carnality, sex, sensuality, lasciviousness; satyriasis, nymphomania; voracity, avarice, greed, drive, itch, the hots (sl.), yen (sl.). —v. i. covet, crave, hunger, desire, yearn, etc. See impurity.

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(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. appetite, passion, concupiscence; see deSire 3 .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

desire, *burning desire, passion, libido, want, hunger, longing, craving, urge, Eros, sex drive, hot blood, itch, licentiousness, lechery, heat. ''The brutish passion.''—Robert Burton. ''A means for the satisfaction of animal needs.''—Mohandas Gandhi. ''A honeyed poison.''—John Taylor.

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v.

desire, want, hunger for, long for, crave, itch for, pant after, *have the hots for, ache for, be consumed with desire.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. Sexual hunger: amativeness, concupiscence, desire, eroticism, erotism, itch, libidinousness, lustfulness, passion, prurience, pruriency. See DESIRE, SEX. 2. A strong wanting of what promises enjoyment or pleasure: appetence, appetency, appetite, craving, desire, hunger, itch, longing, thirst, wish, yearning, yen. See DESIRE. II verb To have a greedy, obsessive desire: crave, hunger, itch, thirst. See DESIRE.