lusty

Other forms of lusty

comparative or superlative

lustier

comparative or superlative

lustiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lusty

What does lusty mean?

lusty means "vigorously passionate". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lusty?

lusty has 2 syllables: lus-ty. The stress falls on "lus". In IPA it is /ˈlʌsti/.

What is another word for lusty?

Close synonyms include lustful, concupiscent, hearty, full-blooded, red-blooded. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lusty a common word?

lusty is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.