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Lustful vs Yearning - What's the difference?

lustful | yearning | Related terms |

Lustful is a related term of yearning.


As an adjective lustful

is full of lust; driven by lust.

As a noun yearning is

a wistful or melancholy longing.

As a verb yearning is

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lustful

English

Alternative forms

* lustfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Full of lust; driven by lust.

    • Derived terms

    * lustfully * lustfulness

    yearning

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wistful or melancholy longing.
    • She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.
  • (archaic) rennet

    • Related terms

    * yearn

    Verb

    (head)
    • English abstract nouns