different between lustful vs abandoned

English

Alternative forms

• lustfull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English lustful, from Old English lustfull (“desirous, wishful”); equivalent to lust +? -ful. Cognate with Dutch lustvol (“lustful, lusty”), German lustvoll (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllt (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllda (“lustful”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lûst?fl?, IPA^(key): /?l?st.f?l/

Adjective

lustful (comparative more lustful, superlative most lustful)

1. Full of lust; driven by lust.

Synonyms

• concupiscent
• amorous

Derived terms

• lustfully
• lustfulness

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English abandoned, equivalent to abandon +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bæn.dn?d/

Adjective

abandoned (comparative more abandoned, superlative most abandoned)

1. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]
2. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted. [Late 15th century]
3. Free from constraint; uninhibited. [Late 17th century]
4. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

• abandonedness

Translations

Verb

abandoned

1. simple past tense and past participle of abandon

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