lustiness

Hearty physical energy

Lustiness is robust vigor and enthusiasm—the quality of being hearty, energetic, and full of life.

A baby's lusty cry signals healthy lungs.

A lusty appetite suggests someone who eats with gusto.

The word connects to lust's older sense of strong desire generally, not just sexual desire, though that connotation lingers: He sang with great lustiness.

sexual

desire

Intense wanting

carnality · lechery · concupiscence · lasciviousness · randiness · horniness · lewdness · salacity · prurience · wantonness

exuberance

zest

Keen enjoyment or peel

liveliness · gusto · heartiness · robustness · animation · verve · vitality · vigor · brio · elan

robustness

hardiness

Ability to endure adversity

vigor · stamina · strength · vitality · healthiness · soundness · hale · fitness · toughness · resilience

Categories
Opposites
physical vitality

lustinesslethargy

Abnormal drowsiness and apathy

torpor · listlessness · weakness · feebleness · languor

physical constitution

lustinessfrailty

Weakness of body

weakness · feebleness · infirmity · sickliness · delicacy

sexual desire

lustinessfrigidity

Extreme coldness or aloofness

asexuality · coldness · chastity · prudishness · passionlessness

Family

lust, luster, lusty, lusting, lusted, lusters, lustier, lustiest

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