lusting after
Craving with passion
Lusting after means desiring intensely, often with sexual undertones.
You lust after a person you find attractive, but the phrase extends to anything craved: He's been lusting after that vintage guitar for years.
The "after" emphasizes pursuit—wanting something you don't have and can't stop thinking about.
- covetingDesiring what's another's
- burning desireIntense emotional craving
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- carnal desireSexual longing
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
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