Word Study
lusty
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Exhibiting lust or vigor; stout; strong; vigorous; robust; healthful; able of body. [1913 Webster]"Neither would their old men, so many as were yet vigorous and lusty, be left at home." [1913 Webster]
- Beautiful; handsome; pleasant. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Of large size; big. [1913 Webster]
- Lustful; lascivious. Milton. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lusty, adj. (lustier, lustiest)
1 healthy and strong.
2 vigorous or lively.
1 healthy and strong.
2 vigorous or lively.
Derivative
lustily adv. lustiness n.
Etymology
ME f. LUST + -Y(1)
THESAURUS
lusty
active, acute, adipose, aggressive, animated, beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, bouncing, brawny, brisk, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, concentrated, corpulent, distended, doughty, dumpy, dynamic, energetic, enormous, enterprising, enthusiastic, fat, fattish, fleshy, flush, forceful, forcible, forcy, full, full of pep, full-blooded, full-bodied, full-strength, go-go, gross, gutsy, gutty, hale, hale and hearty, hard, hard as nails, hardy, healthy, hearty, heavyset, hefty, hippy, husky, immense, impetuous, imposing, incisive, intense, iron-hard, keen, kinetic, lively, living, massive, meaty, mettlesome, mighty, nervy, obese, obstinate, overweight, paunchy, peppy, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, potent, powerful, prodigious, pudgy, puffy, puissant, pursy, red-blooded, robust, robustious, robustuous, roly-poly, rotund, rude, rugged, smacking, snappy, spanking, spirited, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, steely, stocky, stout, strapping, strenuous, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, substantial, swollen, take-charge, take-over, thick-bodied, thickset, top-heavy, tremendous, trenchant, tubby, vast, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious, vivid, well-fed, whacking, whopping, zestful, zesty, zippyROGET THESAURUS
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Size
N size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume, largeness, greatness, expanse, amplitude, mass, proportions, capacity, tonnage, tunnage, cordage, caliber, scantling, turgidity, corpulence, obesity, plumpness, embonpoint, corporation, flesh and blood, lustihood, hugeness, enormity, immensity, monstrosity, giant, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Goliath, Gog and Magog, Gargantua, monster, mammoth, Cyclops, cachalot, whale, porpoise, behemoth, leviathan, elephant, hippopotamus, colossus, tun, cord, lump, bulk, block, loaf, mass, swad, clod, nugget, bushel, thumper, whooper, spanker, strapper, Triton among the minnows, mountain, mound, heap, largest portion, full size, life size, large, big, great, considerable, bulky, voluminous, ample, massive, massy, capacious, comprehensive, spacious, mighty, towering, fine, magnificent, corpulent, stout, fat, obese, plump, squab, full, lusty, strapping, bouncing, portly, burly, well-fed, full-grown, corn fed, gram fed, stalwart, brawny, fleshy, goodly, in good case, in good condition, in condition, chopping, jolly, chub faced, chubby faced, lubberly, hulky, unwieldy, lumpish, gaunt, spanking, whacking, whopping, walloping, thumping, thundering, hulking, overgrown, puffy, huge, immense, enormous, mighty, vast, vasty, amplitudinous, stupendous, monster, monstrous, humongous, monumental, elephantine, jumbo, mammoth, gigantic, gigantean, giant, giant like, titanic, prodigious, colossal, Cyclopean, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Herculean, Gargantuan, infinite, large as life, plump as a dumpling, plump as a partridge, fat as a pig, fat as a quail, fat as butter, fat as brawn, fat as bacon, immeasurable, unfathomable, unplumbed, inconceivable, unimaginable, unheard-of, of cosmic proportions, of epic proportions, the mother of all, teh granddaddy of all.Sexuality
N sex, sexuality, gender, male, masculinity, maleness, female, femininity, sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex, lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union, sleeping together, carnal knowledge, sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence, hots, horns, arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus, tumescence, erection, hard-on, boner, masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self- abuse, orgasm, climax, ejaculation, sexiness, attractiveness, sensuality, voluptuousness, fornication, adultery, sex symbol, sex goddess, stud, hunk, one-night stand, pornography, porn, porno, hardcore pornography, softcore pornography, pin-up, cheesecake, beefcake, Playboy, Esquire, Hustler, perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality, fetish, fetishism, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, sodomy, buggery, pederasty, sadism, masochism, sado-masochism, incest, sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual, hot, horny, randy, rutting, passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous, up, in the mood, homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.For further exploring for "lusty" in Webster Dictionary Online