as in vigor
active strength of body or mind
I don't have the gusto to go on a strenuous hike right now
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Recent Examples of gusto
The Blues had come out with greater gusto, punctuated by Toropchenko’s goal a mere 2:37 into the game.
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Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
The Welsh quartet’s Dead Meat follow-up takes DNA from the Smiths’ melancholy exuberance, the Go-Betweens’ windswept gusto, and gung-ho London punk fervor to formulate a disempowered power-pop that spins insecurity and grief into bundles of melodic joy.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
Glad All Over blared over the PA system and, even after the music concluded, its final verses were sung with gusto.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 21 May 2025
This annual weed spreads with gusto, overtaking large swatches of thin turf and open soil.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2025
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Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 10 Mar. 2025
The Welsh quartet’s Dead Meat follow-up takes DNA from the Smiths’ melancholy exuberance, the Go-Betweens’ windswept gusto, and gung-ho London punk fervor to formulate a disempowered power-pop that spins insecurity and grief into bundles of melodic joy.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2025
Glad All Over blared over the PA system and, even after the music concluded, its final verses were sung with gusto.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 21 May 2025
This annual weed spreads with gusto, overtaking large swatches of thin turf and open soil.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gusto
Noun
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Severe and repeated cases of scale can cause branches to die and reduce a tree’s overall vigor.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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As Zidler, Petkoff portrays with vigor a self-serving weasel, albeit with a heart.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 June 2025
Noun
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These mental health challenges aren’t occurring just because women have multiple baby fathers and are mixing energies with multiple men.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 June 2025
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Not everyone has gotten the memo, but energy demand and production are set to increase tenfold over the next 20 years, heralding a new era.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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“Gusto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gusto. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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