gusto
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5.2
- noun
- /ˈɡʌstoʊ/
:
entusiasmo
- Your passion, your gusto, your spirit, your strong desire to live life well is the engine.
- such gusto
You know that's super important to have that gusto here in LA super important.
- You know that's super important to have that gusto here in LA super important.
- This is why I'm a bit surprised that Donald Trump is pursuing him with the gusto that he is.
- Here he is reconfirming our commitment to NATO with gusto.
- We celebrate decommissioning, you know, with almost as much gusto and fun as we celebrate something launching.
- He certainly champions it with gusto.
- You could have unbelievable ambition, confidence for days, gusto and competitiveness.
- You know, we know what Pelosi and team want to do, OK, Trump saying go for the gusto.
- Not simply to fill her stomach with food, but to to eat, to savor each glorious mouthful with gusto.
- And then if she says it with enough gusto and then collapses into the crowd, then we all go, oh, OK, I guess I believe her.
- In December, after what her years had appeared, she lectured at Harvard on three of her favorite principles, humility, concentration and gusto.
- This is all off of his own just gusto, hard work and sheer brilliance.
- I am allowed to have this much bravado because of how much gusto I've got behind me, how virtuous and sort of reliable this is.
- I have crazy bravado, confidence, gusto, but crap it I not more than I have humility, which makes me palpable and makes me calm.
Examples
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Falconers in the U.S. and Europe took up the new captive-breeding methods with gusto.
Academic text (2009) -
The brown baby is fat, gulps with gusto and a milk mustache, and my friend booms, NEXT!
Fiction book (1997) -
Anything he did, he did with a great deal of gusto.'
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I'm going to really give it the gusto and dig in there.
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Luis took to it with gusto, convinced he had won one over his manager.
Fiction book (2001) -
Jim bites into his steak with more gusto than its flavor demands.
Fiction book (1997) -
We celebrate decommissioning, you know, with almost as much gusto and fun as we celebrate something launching.
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Each group of diners greeted him with gusto; animated conversation and smiles followed in his wake.
Fiction book (1992) -
Today, this old guard denounces its own party's liberal economics with as much gusto as the PRD does.
Academic text (1999) -
She approached the cooking competition with gusto, eager to impress the judges.
Synonyms
793
1.0
A strong feeling of great happiness
434
1.0
A strong feeling of happiness and eagerness, or something that causes it
288
2.2
A strong feeling of excitement and interest in something
73
1.0
The feeling of pleasure you get from something
42
4.5
Great energy and enjoyment that makes things exciting
34
6.3
A strong, excited belief in a cause or idea
34
1.0
A strong feeling of happiness and excitement
27
6.7
A feeling of strong, happy energy and excitement
17
5.8
A strong, happy feeling of excitement
17
8.3
A strong energy or appeal that makes something more exciting
9
1.0
A feeling of being happy and pleased
8
4.1
Strong, excited enjoyment of something you like
7
7.5
A strong feeling of love and excitement for someone or something
1
9.0
A great pleasure you feel when you enjoy something
1
5.9
A very strong, excited feeling that makes people act
1
4.2
A strong warm feeling shown in voice or actions
1
8.0
A very strong wish to have or do something
A lively, happy energy that makes a person enjoy life
A very strong and eager interest in something
Antonyms
How Enthusiastic
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gusto comes from Italian and Latin roots gustus and gustare, which mean 'taste' or 'to taste'. Think of someone eating with strong pleasure — that image explains why gusto now means energetic, enthusiastic enjoyment.