concupiscence | Definition of concupiscence

Synonyms and Antonyms of concupiscence

1 sexual appetite

the Puritans did not condemn concupiscence but rather the satisfaction of it in ways they deemed illicit

Synonyms of concupiscence

desire, eroticism, horniness, hots, itch, lech, letch, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, lustihood, passion, salaciousness

Words Related to concupiscence

ardor, heat, rut

erotomania, hypersexuality, lecherousness, lechery, nymphomania, satyriasis

Near Antonyms of concupiscence

abstinence, celibacy, chastity

frigidity, frigidness

2 intense sexual desire

according to the church theologian St. Augustine, concupiscence is a consequence of original sin

Synonyms of concupiscence

ardor, eros, eroticism, horniness, itch, lust, lustfulness, passion

Words Related to concupiscence

erotomania, nymphomania, satyriasis

lasciviousness, lewdness, libidinousness, licentiousness, lickerishness, randiness, salaciousness, wantonness

Near Antonyms of concupiscence