Synonyms for lusty


Grammar : Adj
Spell : luhs-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌs ti

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Définition of lusty

Origin :
  • early 13c., "joyful, merry," from lust + -y (2). It largely has escaped the Christianization and denigration of its root word. The sense of "full of healthy vigor" is from late 14c.; that of "full of desire" is attested from c.1400. Related: Lustily; lustiness.
  • adj energetic, healthy
Example sentences :
  • The lusty man next him with the red head I have not seen before.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I pitched it pretty middlin' high, I fetched a lusty tone, But oh, alas!
  • Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
  • We chose six lusty fellows, and supplied them with pistols and cutlasses.
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 » by Various
  • The strong and lusty bore down the weak in the struggle to get near to the procession.
  • Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
  • In its fiercer gusts it drowned the ring of the lusty voices.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • He mocked her silvery treble in his lusty baritone and roared with laughter.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • John the Clerk came in the afternoon, and there was some lusty disputation.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • I answered with a laugh—my mood was lusty and cruel—and thrust at him.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Came a rush of wind––the noise and wet and lusty stirring of the night.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
  • It's a sight for sore eyes to see your lordship a-lookin' so young and lusty.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray

Antonyms for lusty

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