lustfulness

Intense sexual desire

Lustfulness is the quality of being full of lust—intense sexual desire or craving.

The word carries connotations of excess or impropriety: The preacher warned against lustfulness and temptation.

It implies not just desire but an eagerness that may override restraint or judgment.

carnal

libido

Innate erotic drive

prurient · lascivious · lewd · carnality · voluptuous · concupiscence · fleshly · salacious · libidinous · raunchy

desire

craving

Powerful urge to have

hunger · thirst · want · urge · need · covetousness · attraction · infatuation · ardor · ache

obsessive

fixation

Persistent mental attachment

obsession · addiction · monomania · captivation · enthrallment · insatiability · single-mindedness

Categories
Opposites
sexual desire intensity

lustfulnessfrigidity

Extreme coldness or aloofness

asexuality · coldness · unresponsiveness · sexlessness · low libido

moral/behavioral stance toward sexuality

lustfulnesschastity

Abstaining from sexual activity

celibacy · abstinence · purity · continence · virtuousness

emotional arousal state

lustfulnessapathy

Absence of feeling

calmness · calm · dispassion · indifference · coolness

Family

lust, luster, illustrious, lustful, lusty, lusting, lusts, lusted, lustily

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