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Lustiness vs Lust - What's the difference?

lustiness | lust |

Lustiness is a derived term of lust.


As nouns the difference between lustiness and lust

is that lustiness is the property of having or experiencing lust, of being lusty while lust is a feeling of strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.

As a verb lust is

to very strongly desire.

lustiness

English

Noun

(lustinesses)
  • The property of having or experiencing lust, of being lusty.
  • lust

    English

    (wikipedia lust)

    Noun

  • A feeling of strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
  • Seeing Kim fills me with a passionate lust .
  • (archaic) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
  • The boarders hide their lust to go home.
  • * Spenser
  • For little lust had she to talk of aught.
  • * Bishop Hall
  • My lust to devotion is little.
  • (archaic) A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.
  • An ideal son is his father's lasting lust .
  • (obsolete) virility; vigour; active power
  • (Francis Bacon)

    Derived terms

    * bloodlust * lustful * lustihood * lustily * lustiness * lustless * lusty * lust murder

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To desire very strongly.
  • She was lusting after the new short dress she set her eyes on in the shop.
  • To crave sexual contact urgently.
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