Definition of "lust" []

• Intense or unrestrained sexual craving. (noun)
• An overwhelming desire or craving: a lust for power. (noun)
• Intense eagerness or enthusiasm: a lust for life. (noun)
• Obsolete Pleasure; relish. (noun)
• To have an intense or obsessive desire, especially one that is sexual. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Sexual attraction alone and what we describe as lust, passion or other less mysterious motivations do not answer the question."
• "He takes what we call lust, and makes of it the main motive force in his vivid and terrible sketches."
• "Apparently all women fall head over heels in lust with him and that a mature and realistic attitude to work is for lesser people."