WANDERLUST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of wanderlust in English

(Definition of wanderlust from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of wanderlust

wanderlust
Many of our troops now abroad will be possessed of the wanderlust when they return.
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He then spent two years in the workshops of a big firm of electrical engineers pioneering electric lighting, and then wanderlust gripped him.
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Because the need to be outdoors and to travel has been eliminated, thoughts of wanderlust are considered perverse.
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He suffers from wanderlust and frequently likes to vanish on some journey and return later for special school events.
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It indicates a restlessness and wanderlust as well as overlooking the good we already possess, in the hopes of finding something else.
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His wanderlust in belonging to a musical act was often at odds with his domestic life.
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He was never far from his wanderlust personality that he had developed from his schooldays.
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He suffers from a bit of wanderlust, likes to travel alone and do whatever he wants or sees fit.
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The wanderlust of the three is especially notorious.
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His was clearly a "wanderlust" based on a desire to see, record and paint the natural world.
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Vikings' seaworthiness and wanderlust resulted in new areas being developed.
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Many individuals around the world use this title or definition to describe their wanderlust traveling lifestyle, arts, sciences, and trades.
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He is consumed with wanderlust and a desire to paint mountains.
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The trip left a deep impression and instilled a wanderlust.
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As they near adulthood, kender experience intense wanderlust and leave home.
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Translations of wanderlust

in Chinese (Traditional)
旅遊慾, 漫遊癖…
in Chinese (Simplified)
旅游欲, 漫游癖…
in Spanish
ansias de conocer mundo, pasión por viajar, ansia de ver mundo…
in Portuguese
vontade de viajar, gosto de viajar…
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in Ukrainian
passion du voyage…
seyehat/yolculuk tutkusu…
reislust…
cestovní vášeň…
rejselyst…
keinginan bepergian…
ความต้องการที่จะเดินทางไป, ความปรารถนาที่จะเดินทาง…
sở thích du lịch…
zamiłowanie do włóczęgi…
reslust, vandringslust…
keinginan untuk mengembara atau merantau…
die Wanderslust…
reiselyst…
любов до подорожей…
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