What is another word for lusts?

Pronunciation: [lˈʌsts] (IPA)

Lust is a strong desire or craving for something, usually involving a person's sexual desires. Synonyms for the word "lusts" include desires, cravings, yearnings, appetites, longings, and passions. These words are often used to describe intense feelings towards someone or something that one is strongly drawn to. Desire is a general term that can refer to any type of strong longing or craving, while craving is used for a particular desire for food, drink or any other physical need. Yearning, passion, and appetite often refer to strong desires for a person, experience, or object that one cannot resist.

What are the hypernyms for Lusts?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Lusts

Many pray, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven," but they are unwilling to be crucified to the world, and to their sinful lusts.
"Letters of Madam Guyon"
P. L. Upham
When the sinful lusts rebel, leave them to their disorderly cravings.
"Letters of Madam Guyon"
P. L. Upham
Christmas comes but once a year, and at that time of all times are we justified in gratifying the lusts of the spirit.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson

Famous quotes with Lusts

  • Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.
    Irving Babbitt
  • There is no sinfulness in the will and affections without some error in the understanding. All lusts which a natural man lives in, are lusts of ignorance.
    George Gillespie
  • As the parents, we need to teach our daughters to distinguish carefully the subtle differences between the actions by men. We must teach our daughters to recognize the difference between - a man who flatters her and a man who complements her, a man who spends money on her an a man who invests in her, a man who views her as his property and a man who views her properly, a man who lusts after her and a man who loves her, a man who thinks he is a gift to women and a man who believes she is a gift to him. Then we ought to teach our sons to be that real man who respects women and treats them with dignity and equality.
    Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate
  • As the responsible parents, we need to teach our daughters to distinguish carefully the subtle differences between the actions by men. We should teach our daughters to recognize the difference between - a man who flatters her and a man who complements her, a man who spends money on her and a man who invests in her, a man who views her as his property and a man who views her properly, a man who lusts after her and a man who loves her, and finally, a man who thinks he is a gift to women and a man who believes she is a gift to him. Then we must teach our sons to be that real man who respects women and treats them with dignity and equality - always!
    Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate
  • Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; neither do we rejoice therein, because we control our lusts, but contrariwise, because we rejoice therein, we are able to control our lusts.
    Baruch Spinoza

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