Meanings
comparative more lustful · superlative most lustful · alternative lustfull
- Full of lust; driven by lust.
Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 161Synonyms: concupiscent, amorous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveFull of lust; driven by lust.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecharacterized by lust
adjectivedriven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
adjectivevigorously passionate
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishlustfull“desirous, wishful”
- Middle Englishlustful
- Englishlustful
From Middle English lustful, from Old English lustfull (“desirous, wishful”); equivalent to lust + -ful. Cognate with Dutch lustvol (“lustful, lusty”), German lustvoll (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllt (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllda (“lustful”).
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek λάγνος, μάχλος
- λάγνος (lágnos)full of lust
- μάχλος (mákhlos)full of lust
Arabic شَهْوَانِيّ
- شَهْوَانِيّ (šahwāniyy)full of lust
Bengali কামাসক্ত, কামুক
- কামাসক্ত (kamaśokto)full of lust
- কামুক (kamuk)full of lust
Bulgarian похотлив
- похотлив (pohotliv)full of lust
Catalan luxuriós
- luxuriósfull of lust
Dutch lustig, wellustig
- lustigfull of lust
- wellustigfull of lust
- geilfull of lust
Finnish himokas
- himokasfull of lust
French lubrique
- lubriquefull of lust
German lüstern
- lüsternfull of lust
Greek λάγνος
- λάγνος (lágnos)full of lust
Hindi कामुक
- कामुक (kāmuk)full of lust
Irish drúisiúil, ainmhianach
- drúisiúilfull of lust
- ainmhianachfull of lust
Italian lussurioso, libidinoso
- lussuriosofull of lust
- libidinosofull of lust
Japanese 淫らな, 好色な
- 淫らな (midara-na)full of lust
- 好色な (kōshoku-na)full of lust
Latin salax, libīdinōsus
- salaxfull of lust
- libīdinōsusfull of lust
- cupidusfull of lust
Māori mate wahine, mate tāne
- mate wahinefull of lust
- mate tānefull of lust
- pohanefull of lust
- mate kanehefull of lust
- tūkarifull of lust
Portuguese luxurioso
- luxuriosofull of lust
Russian похотли́вый
- похотли́вый (poxotlívyj)full of lust
Scottish Gaelic ana-miannach, baoiseach
- ana-miannachfull of lust
- baoiseachfull of lust
- baoiseilfull of lust
- drùiseachfull of lust
- feòlmhorfull of lust
- mearfull of lust
- miannasachfull of lust
Spanish lujurioso
- lujuriosofull of lust
Swedish liderlig, lustfylld
- liderligfull of lust
- lustfylldfull of lust
Thai เต็มไปด้วยราคะ, มักมากในกาม
- เต็มไปด้วยราคะ (dtem bpai dûay raaká)full of lust
- มักมากในกาม (mák mâak nai gaam)full of lust
Turkish şehvetli
- şehvetlifull of lust
Vietnamese dâm, hiếu sắc
- dâmfull of lust
- hiếu sắcfull of lust
Welsh blysig, chwantus
- blysigfull of lust
- chwantusfull of lust
- rhewyddfull of lust
- llodigfull of lust
Cite this entry
lustful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lustful
“lustful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lustful. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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