Gustful
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gustful is an adjective meaning (uncommon) An amount carried in a gust.
Meaning
(uncommon) An amount carried in a gust.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) tasty; good-tasting
Example Sentences
The said season being passed, there is no danger or difficulty to keep it [preserved meat] gustful all the year long.
The birds began to drop, loose bundles of feathers that bounced as they hit the ground, and made an ankh as the last gustful of wind was knocked out of them.
[T]hey sat / Beneath a world-old yew-tree, darkening half / The cloisters, on a gustful April morn / That puff'd the swaying branches into smoke / Above them, […]
The wind, ruffling up the lane, drove a gustful of loose sand against her like spray, and bore in the hollow boom of breaking waves, which seemed to take her breath.
Word Forms
- gustfuls
- gustsful
Antonyms for gustful
Common opposites include disgustful.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gusty, blustery, blusterous, flatuous, blasty, blustering.
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