Antonyms for zest
zɛstzest

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1. zestnoun

   To scrape the zest from a fruit

   Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.

   Synonyms:
   gusto

2. zestnoun

   Synonyms:
   relish, spice, tang

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1. zest

   Appetite is used only of the demands of the physical system, unless otherwise expressly stated, as when we say an appetite for knowledge; passion includes all excitable impulses of our nature, as anger, fear, love, hatred, etc. Appetite is thus more animal than passion; and when we speak of passions and appetites as conjoined or contrasted, we think of the appetites as wholly physical and of the passions as, in part at least, mental or spiritual. We say an appetite for food, a passion for fame. Compare DESIRE.

   Compare ANTIPATHY.

   Antonyms:
   antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repugnance, repulsion

   Synonyms:
   appetency, appetite, craving, desire, disposition, impulse, inclination, liking, longing, lust, passion, proclivity, proneness, propensity, relish, thirst

   Preposition:
   He had an insatiable appetite for the marvellous.

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1. zest

   Antonyms:
   distaste, disrelish, detriment

   Synonyms:
   flavor, appetizer, gusto, gust, pleasure, enjoyment, relish, sharpener, recommendation, enhancement

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1. gusto, relish, zest, zestfulnessnoun

   vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

   Synonyms:
   flavor, piquantness, sapidity, savour, piquance, relish, gusto, flavour, smack, tanginess, tang, zestfulness, piquancy, savor

2. nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zestverb

   a tart spicy quality

   Synonyms:
   chilliness, serrated wrack, flavour, sea tangle, relish, tanginess, piquantness, pinch, bladderwrack, savour, flavor, piquance, smack, sea tang, coolness, black rockweed, bladder fucus, piquancy, sapidity, zestfulness, tang, savor, shot, gusto

3. zest, spice, spice upverb

   add herbs or spices to

   Synonyms:
   spice, spice up

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1. zestnoun

   Synonyms:
   relish, flavor, taste, enjoyment, relish, gusto

How to use zest in a sentence?

1. Sara El-Amine:

   We are a group that really uniquely knows that electability is self-determining and that oftentimes it's the people with the boldest vision and the most unlikely candidacies early on who can really shift the field, elizabeth Warren really has the zest and the grit and the gumption and the audacity that we loved that President Barack Obama really embodied.

2. Tom Cruise:

   I really admire Queen Elizabeth, we can all learn lessons from her, and she is such a vibrant lady with a zest for life that really is addictive. But, you know, despite all the films and success, this was a ‘moment,’ as they say, and thankfully all went well. But when you look at who she has met across the decades you do think, ‘Why did they ask me?’.

3. Antoine De Saint-Exupery:

   It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys.

4. AiR Atman in Ravi:

   There is a factor unknown to man... That makes results fail, though he thinks he can. He tries his best with all his zest... But in the end, he fails the test.

5. Robin Gee:

   Takayo has a love and a zest for life and an appreciation for people and every little good thing that happens in her life. So I think her strong spirit and optimistic outlook on life is what carried her through.

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