MEANING
Lively pleasure and energy in doing something.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- with gusto
- evident gusto
On the page
She read the villain's lines with gusto.
He attacked the unfamiliar meal with evident gusto.
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Word forms
- Base
- gusto
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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