What is another word for Lusting?

Pronunciation: [lˈʌstɪŋ] (IPA)

Lusting is a strong desire or craving for someone or something. It is often associated with intense passion and can sometimes be viewed as morally questionable. Some synonyms for lusting include craving, yearning, hankering, pining, and hankering. These words convey a strong desire and longing for something or someone. Other synonyms for lusting include coveting, desiring, thirsting, and hungering. These words are often used in religious or moral contexts to describe an intense desire that is considered sinful or inappropriate. Regardless of the context, synonyms for lusting convey a deep and powerful emotional connection to something or someone.

What are the hypernyms for Lusting?

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

Usage examples for Lusting

As it is, they have simply turned it into a pandemonium, such as all lands, fair or foul, become when men go a-Lusting for gold and treasure.
"In the Days of Drake"
J. S. Fletcher
What made the matter more serious for Andreas was that a vast number of discontented inhabitants and freebooters, Lusting after plunder, had joined the army of Michael, and had swelled it to the number of 25,000 men.
"Roumania Past and Present"
James Samuelson
Words would speedily have become blows and blows brought blood, and all the place become a battle-field very presently, if it had not been for the presence of the Captain of the People and the Priors of the city, whose dignity indeed counted for nothing to allay the tumult, but whose strong escort of armed men served the turn better by keeping the would-be combatants apart, that were so Lusting to be upon one another.
"The God of Love"
Justin Huntly McCarthy

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