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begeerte — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • concupiscence noun An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
  • desire verb To want something strongly.
  • lust noun A strong feeling of desire, especially sexual desire.

Senses

begeerte is used for these senses in English:

  • concupiscence An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
  • desire (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
  • lust (archaic) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.

concupiscence — full definition

  1. noun An ardent desire, especially sexual desire; lust.
  2. noun the desire of a person's lower appetite, contrary to reason, which subjugates and inclines them to experience temptation and to give in to sin, due to the Fall and original sin.

desire — full definition

  1. verb To want something strongly.
  2. noun A strong feeling of wanting something.

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