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Word Meanings - GUST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and brief rushing or driving of the wind. Snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw. Milton. 2. A sudden violent burst of passion. Bacon.

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  • RELISHABLE
    Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.
  • ENHANCEMENT
    The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
  • FLAVORED
    Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.
  • REJECTER
    One who rejects.
  • FLAVORLESS
    Without flavor; tasteless.
  • APPETIZER
    Something which creates or whets an appetite.
  • REJECT
    re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. 1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson . Reject me not from among
  • PLEASURER
    A pleasure seeker. Dickens.
  • ENJOYMENT
    1. The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate. 2. That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction. The hope of everlasting
  • REJECTANEOUS
    Not chosen orr received; rejected. "Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people." Barrow.
  • REJECTION
    Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
  • ABOMINATE
    To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. Syn. -- To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate.
  • NAUSEATE
    1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust. 2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe. The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods. Blackmore.
  • REJECTABLE
    Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected.
  • PLEASURELESS
    Devoid of pleasure. G. Eliot.
  • PLEASURE
    1. The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to Ant: pain,
  • LOATHER
    One who loathes.
  • RECOMMENDATION
    1. The act of recommending. 2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations. 3. The state of being
  • REJECTIVE
    Rejecting, or tending to reject.
  • GUSTOSO
    Tasteful; in a tasteful, agreeable manner.
  • IRREJECTABLE
    That can not be rejected; irresistible. Boyle.
  • RELISH
    1. To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food. Now I begin to relish thy advice. Shak. He knows how

 

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