different between improper vs lustful
improper
English
Alternative forms
- impropre (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle French impropre, from Latin improprius (“not proper”), from in- + proprius (“proper”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?p??p.?/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?m?p??p.?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?p??.p?/
- Rhymes: -?p?(?)
Adjective
improper (comparative more improper, superlative most improper)
- unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt
- Not in keeping with conventional mores or good manners; indecent or immodest
- Not according to facts; inaccurate or erroneous
- Not consistent with established facts; incorrect
- Not properly named; See, for example, improper fraction
- (obsolete) Not specific or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
- 1608, John Fletcher The Faithful Shepherdess
- Not to be adorned with any art but such improper ones as nature is said to bestow, as singing and poetry.
- 1608, John Fletcher The Faithful Shepherdess
Synonyms
- unproper (obsolete or rare)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
improper (third-person singular simple present impropers, present participle impropering, simple past and past participle impropered)
- (obsolete, transitive) To appropriate; to limit.
- 1565, John Jewel, letter to Thomas Harding
- He would in like manner improper and inclose the sunbeams to comfort the rich and not the poor.
- 1565, John Jewel, letter to Thomas Harding
- (obsolete) To behave improperly
Anagrams
- impropre
improper From the web:
- what improper fraction
- what improper fraction is equal to 1/2
- what improper fraction is equal to 3
- what improper fraction equal to 2(1/4)
- what improper fraction is equal to 323
- what improper means
- what improper fraction is equivalent to 3
lustful
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)
- Full of lust; driven by lust.
Synonyms
- concupiscent
- amorous
Derived terms
- lustfully
- lustfulness
Translations
lustful From the web:
- what does lustfulness meaning
- what does lustful mean in bitlife
- what does lustful intent mean
- what does lustful thoughts mean
- what are lustful thoughts catholic
- what is lustful eyes
- what causes lustful thoughts
- what is lustful thinking
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- improper vs lustful
- heaviness vs languor
- mark vs classification
- incontrovertible vs obligatory
- presentation vs confrontation
- rave vs sizzle
- piece vs amount
- acquiescence vs verification
- overpowering vs courageous
- passion vs climax
- precipitate vs brisk
- authentic vs definitive
- partiality vs love
- extroverted vs unrestrained
- token vs hunch
- prosaic vs insignificant
- reasonable vs erudite
- ease vs knack
- unacceptable vs unseemly
- early vs undeveloped