gust

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

gust, n. [Icel. gustr a cool breeze. Cf. Gush.].

•  A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind.  [1913 Webster]

  "Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw."  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
•  A sudden violent burst of passion.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

gust, n. [L. gustus; cf. It. & Sp. gusto.

•  The sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto.  [1913 Webster]

  "An ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as much gust and appetite."  [1913 Webster]
•  Gratification of any kind, particularly that which is exquisitely relished; enjoyment.  [1913 Webster]

  "Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust."  [1913 Webster]
•  Intellectual taste; fancy.  [1913 Webster]

  "A choice of it may be made according to the gust and manner of the ancients."  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]

gust, v. t. [Cf. L. gustare, It. gustare, Sp. gustar. See GUST a relish.].

 To taste; to have a relish for.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gust, n. & v.
--n.
1 a sudden strong rush of wind.
2 a burst of rain, fire, smoke, or sound.
3 a passionate or emotional outburst.
--v.intr. blow in gusts.

Etymology

ON gustr, rel. to gj{oacute}sa to gush

THESAURUS

gust

access, affection, aftertaste, alacrity, animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, aroma, attribute, avidity, avidness, badge, bitter, blast, blaze, blow, brand, breathless impatience, breeze, burst, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, cheerful readiness, configuration, convulsion, crush, cut, cyclone, differentia, differential, distinctive feature, eagerness, earmark, elan, eruption, explosion, feature, figure, fit, flare-up, flavor, flaw, flurry, fondness, forwardness, gale, gusto, hallmark, hurricane, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, impatience, impress, impression, increase, index, individualism, infatuation, irruption, keen desire, keenness, keynote, life, likes, liking, lineaments, liveliness, love, mannerism, mark, marking, mold, nature, odor, outbreak, outburst, palate, paroxysm, particularity, passion, peculiarity, promptness, property, puff, quality, quickness, quirk, readiness, relish, sally, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savoriness, scud, seal, seizure, shape, singularity, smack, sour, spasm, specialty, spirit, stamp, stomach, storm, surge, sweet, taint, tang, taste, tempest, token, tongue, tooth, tornado, trait, trick, upheaval, verve, vitality, vivacity, weakness, whirlwind, wind, wind gust, zest, zestfulness

ROGET THESAURUS

gust

Excitability

N excitability, impetuosity, vehemence, boisterousness, turbulence, impatience, intolerance, nonendurance, irritability, itching, wincing, disquiet, disquietude, restlessness, fidgets, fidgetiness, agitation, trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry, fuss, flurry, fluster, flutter, pother, stew, ferment, whirl, buck fever, hurry-skurry, thrill, state of excitement, fever of excitement, transport, passion, excitement, flush, heat, fever, heat, fire, flame, fume, blood boiling, tumult, effervescence, ebullition, boiling over, whiff, gust, story, tempest, scene, breaking out, burst, fit, paroxysm, explosion, outbreak, outburst, agony, violence, fierceness, rage, fury, furor, furore, desperation, madness, distraction, raving, delirium, phrensy, frenzy, hysterics, intoxication, tearing passion, raging passion, anger, fascination, infatuation, fanaticism, Quixotism, Quixotry, tete montee, excitable, easily excited, in an excitable state, high-strung, irritable, impatient, intolerant, feverish, febrile, hysterical, delirious, mad, moody, maggoty- headed, unquiet, mercurial, electric, galvanic, hasty, hurried, restless, fidgety, fussy, chafing, startlish, mettlesome, high-mettled, skittish, vehement, demonstrative, violent, wild, furious, fierce, fiery, hot-headed, madcap, overzealous, enthusiastic, impassioned, fanatical, rabid, rampant, clamorous, uproarious, turbulent, tempestuous, tumultuary, boisterous, impulsive, impetuous, passionate, uncontrolled, uncontrollable, ungovernable, irrepressible, stanchless, inextinguishable, burning, simmering, volcanic, ready to burst forth, volatile, excited, exciting, Int, pish!, pshaw!, noli me tangere, filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd, maggiore fretta minore atto.

Taste

N taste, good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste, delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse, nicety, to prepon, polish, elegance, grace, judgment, discernment, dilettantism, dilettanteism, virtu, fine art, culture, cultivation, aesthetics, man of taste, connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist, caviare to the general, in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic, cultivated, refined, dainty, esthetic, aesthetic, artistic, elegant, euphemistic, to one's taste, to one's mind, after one's fancy, comme il faut, tire a quatre epingles, elegantly, nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, chacun a son gout, oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus, taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor, gout, relish, sapor, sapidity, twang, smack, smatch, aftertaste, tang, tasting, degustation, gustation, palate, tongue, tooth, stomach, sapid, saporific, gustable, gustatory, gustful, strong, gamy, palatable, taste, good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste, delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse, nicety, to prepon, polish, elegance, grace, judgment, discernment, dilettantism, dilettanteism, virtu, fine art, culture, cultivation, aesthetics, man of taste, connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum, stagirite, euphemist, caviare to the general, in good taste, cute, tasteful, tasty, unaffected, pure, chaste, classical, attic, cultivated, refined, dainty, esthetic, aesthetic, artistic, elegant, euphemistic, to one's taste, to one's mind, after one's fancy, comme il faut, tire a quatre epingles, elegantly, nihil tetigit quod non ornavit, chacun a son gout, oculi pictura tenentur aures cantibus, taste, flavor, gust, gusto, savor, gout, relish, sapor, sapidity, twang, smack, smatch, aftertaste, tang, tasting, degustation, gustation, palate, tongue, tooth, stomach, sapid, saporific, gustable, gustatory, gustful, strong, gamy, palatable.

Wind

N wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation, eluvium, air, breath, breath of air, puff, whiff, zephyr, blow, breeze, drift, aura, stream, current, jet stream, undercurrent, gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon, simoon, simoom, harmattan, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise, tramontane, levanter, capful of wind, fresh breeze, stiff breeze, keen blast, blizzard, barber, candelia, chinook, foehn, khamsin, norther, vendaval, wuther, windiness, ventosity, rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather, dirty sky, mare's tail, thick squall, black squall, white squall, anemography, aerodynamics, wind gauge, weathercock, vane, weather- vane, wind sock, anemometer, anemoscope, sufflation, insufflation, perflation, inflation, afflation, blowing, fanning, ventilation, sneezing, errhine, sternutative, sternutatory, sternutation, hiccup, hiccough, catching of the breath, Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus, air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah, branchiae, gills, flabellum, vertilabrum, whiffle ball, blowing, windy, flatulent, breezy, gusty, squally, stormy, tempestuous, blustering, boisterous, pulmonic, pulmonary, lull'd by soft zephyrs, the storm is up and all is on the hazard, the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air, while mocking winds are piping loud, winged with red lightning and tempestuous rage.

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