Definition of lust

• n. - Pleasure.
• n. - Inclination; desire.
• n. - Longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy; -- in a had sense; as, the lust of gain.
• n. - Licentious craving; sexual appetite.
• n. - Hence: Virility; vigor; active power.
• n. - To list; to like.
• n. - To have an eager, passionate, and especially an inordinate or sinful desire, as for the gratification of the sexual appetite or of covetousness; -- often with after.