Zest

Definition: Zest

Zest

Noun

1. Vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment.

2. A tart spiciness.

Verb

1. Make more interesting or flavorful, either in the literal or in a metaphorical sense; "Spice the soup"; "Spice up the evening by inviting a belly dancer".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "zest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Computing

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Zest

Pleasure

Noun: pleasure, gratification, enjoyment, fruition; oblectation, delectation, delection; relish, zest; gusto; (physical pleasure); satisfaction; (content); complacency.

Savoriness

Relish, zest; appetizer.

Crosswords: Zest

Zip and Zest (1919)

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Books

• Creative Sermon Designs: Adding Zest to Preaching (reference)

• Depression-Free for Life: An All-Natural 5 Step Plan to Reclaim Your Zest for Living (reference)

• Fat-Free Italian Kitchen: 80 Healthy Recipes, Full of Mediterranean Zest (reference)

• Psychoanalysis and the Zest for Living. Reflections and Psychoanalytic Writings in Memory of W.C.M. Scott (reference)

• Spiritual Zest (Leader's Guide) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Zest (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Un Zest of [IMPORT] (reference)

• Zest [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "zest": a story full of zest ♦ add zest to ♦ lemon zest ♦ orange zest ♦ zest for life. Additional references.

Ending with "zest": lemon-zest.

Afrikaans

bedrywigheid (activity, gusto, spirit, stir), animo (activity, gusto, soul, spirit, stir). (various references)

Albanian

vrull (Ardor, ardour, burst, career, dash, drive, driving force, elan, flush, furor, fury, ginger, impetuosity, impetus, momentum, pelt, pep, pith, raciness, rage, reach, spasm, spurt, tear, tearing, thrust, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, violence, zip), qejf (amusement, ball, bang, binge, delight, desire, high spirits, humor, humour, luxury, pleasure, temper), oreks (appetite), lezet (delicacy, handsomeness, prettiness, propriety, relish, suitability, tact), gjallëri (activity, alacrity, alertness, animation, brio, briskness, dynamism, ebullience, ebulliency, effervescence, effervescency, friskiness, ginger, life, liveliness, lustiness, mercuriality, pep, pepper, sprightliness, verdure, verve, vitality, vivacity, volatility). (various references)

Arabic 

‏متبل (flavored, flavoured, savory, savoury, seasoned, spiced, spicy), ‏قشرة ليمون, ‏حيوية (activity, animation, dash, drive, elan, energy, ginger, life, liveliness, pep, sparkle, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vitality, vivacity, youthfulness, zing, zip), ‏تلذذ (regale, relish), ‏سحر (attractiveness, bedevil, bewitch, bewitchment, catch, charm, conjure, diablerie, enamor, enamour, enchantment, fascinate, fascination, glamor, glamour, incantation, infatuation, loveliness, magic, magnetize, matinee, mesmerize, necromancy, overlook, pleasantness, prestige, quaintness, ravishment, relish, smite, sorcery, spell, spellbind, temptation, weirdness, witch, witchcraft, witchery, wiz, wizardry), ‏إستمتاع شديد (unction), ‏شهية (appetite, relish). (various references)

Bulgarian 

увлечение (abandon, abandonment, fire, flame, gusto, mustard, penchant, relish, transport, vehemence, zeal), сладост (mellowness, sweetness), кора от лимон, голямо удоволствие (treat), голям интерес, охота (appetite, desire, readiness, relish, willingness), жар (ardour, embers, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire, flame, ginger, glow, gusto, heat, incandescence, mustard, vehemence, violence, warmth), пикантност (heat, piquancy, poignancy, pungency, raciness, salacity, salt, savor, savour, spicery). (various references)

Chinese 

热心 (Ardent, Enthusiastic, Warm-hearted), 熱心 (ardent, enthusiasm, enthusiastic, warmhearted, zeal, zealous). (various references)

Czech

nadšení (Ardor, ardour, enthusiasm, high spirits, passion, thrill, zeal), koření (condiment, salt, seasoning, spice, spices), jiskra (scintilla, snap, spark, sparkle, vim), elán (Ardor, ardour, bounce, buoyancy, drive, eagerness, elan, enthusiasm, guts, high spirits, pep, spirit, verve, vim, vivacity), říz (pep, tang). (various references)

Danish

skræl, skal (should). (various references)

Dutch

vertier (activity, gusto, spirit, stir), tierigheid (activity, gusto, spirit, stir), schilletje, opgewektheid (activity, gusto, spirit, stir), drukte (activity, gusto, spirit, stir), bedrijvigheid (gusto, spirit, stir, vigour), bedrývigheid (activity, gusto, spirit, stir, vigour), animo (activity, gusto, spirit, stir). (various references)

Esperanto

vigleco (activity, gusto, spirit, stir). (various references)

Farsi 

میل (Bar, Delight, Desire, Goo, List, Perch, Ramrod, Rod, Stanchion, Stomach, Streak, Tendency, Turquoise, Will), مزه (Flavor, Gusto, Relish, Savor, Smack, Taste), خوشمزه کردن (Sauce), رغبت (Goo, Propensity, Relish). (various references)

Finnish

sitrushedelmän kuori, kuori (bark, case, chancel, choir, crust, fruit skin, hull, husk, jacket, peel, shell). (various references)

French

zeste. (various references)

Frisian

belangstelling (account, activity, gusto, interest, spirit, stir), animo (activity, gusto, spirit, stir). (various references)

German

Begeisterung (accent, alacrity, ardor, ardour, elation, emphasis, enthusiasm, exaltation, fondness, frenzy, gusto, keenness, rapture, rapturousness, verve, vivacity). (various references)

Greek 

γεύση (flavour, palate, sapor, savor, savour, smack, taste), ξέσμα (fettling), νόστιμοσ (comely, dainty, nice, palatable, pretty, racy, relishable, savorous, savoury, toothsome), νοστιμάδα (daintiness, delicacy, lusciousness, palatability, palatableness, piquancy, raciness, relish, savoriness, spiciness, toothsomeness), φλούδα (husk, pod, rind, shuck, skin), ζέση (ardency, ardour, eagle, ebullience, fervency, gusto, zeal), ζήλος (zeal), εξωτερικός φλοιός εσπεριδοειδών, ενθουσιασμόσ (elan, enthusiasm, jubilation), άρτυμα (condiment, seasoning). (various references)

Hebrew 

תבלין (condiment, flavoring, flavour, flavouring, relish, seasoning, spice), קלפת פרי �"�"ר, חשק (delight, desire, eagerness, gusto, longing, lust, penchant, relish, zeal), �"תל�"בות (eagerness, elan, enthusiasm, excitement, fervor, gusto, incandescence, inspiration, verve, zeal). (various references)

Hungarian

lendület (buoyancy, dash, dynamism, elan, get-up, impetus, lilt, momentum, movement, pathos, pep, run, sally, snap, swing, zip), lelkesedés (ardor, ardour, eagerness, enthusiasm, exaltation, high spirits, infatuation, rave, verve, warmth, zeal). (various references)

Indonesian

semangat (courage, elan, esprit, flush, genie, gusto, mercury, pep, spirit, verve, zeal), animo (energy, interest). (various references)

Italian

scorza (bark, bast, orange peel, Peel, rind, skin), interesse (account, concern, interest, sake, stake), gusto (enjoyment, fancy, Flavor, flavour, gusto, kick, liking, palate, relish, savor, savour, smack, spice, taste), entusiasmo (alacrity, ardor, ardour, enthusiasm, gusto, rapturousness), aroma - gusto - sapore piccante, aroma (aroma, aromatic herb, Flavor, flavoring, flavour, flavouring, fragrance, fragrancy, spice, sweet, sweetness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

もし可能ならば (all the way, awfully, bashfully, be restless, completely, desperately, dishevelled, erection, farther, feel fuzzy, feel impatient, feel sad, fidget, flying squirrel, frightfully, gusto, hazy, hesitantly, if possible, impatient, inefficient, irritating, is something that, is that which, Japanese mafia, longer, misty, more, mumble, not quick enough, shaggy, slow, someone full of zest, swelling, tantalizing, tardy, the "tent" an erection makes against pants or bedsheets, to do something the speaker regrets, to squirm, tousled, unkempt, violently, women's work pants, worry about, Yakuza). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

もりもり (gusto, someone full of zest, swelling). (various references)

Norwegian

krydder, glede (delight, enjoyment, gladness, gratify, joy), behag. (various references)

Papiamen

ánimo (activity, gusto, spirit, stir). (various references)

Pig Latin

estzay.(various references)

Portuguese

temperar (anneal, attemper, chasten, douse, flavor, flavour, harden, moderate, quench, sauce, season, spice, temper), satisfação (accomplishment, apology, assuagement, cheer, content, contents, dribblet, enjoyment, exhilaration, fulfillment, fulfilment, glee, glut, pride, rejoicing, relish, reparation, satisfaction), sabor (dribblet, flavor, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savour, spice), prazer (delectation, delight, dribblet, enjoyment, fun, gratification, gusto, indulgence, joy, list, pleasure, relish, treat), pique (lance, pike), gosto (dribblet, fellow feeling, flair, flavor, fondness, gust, gusto, like, liking, palate, pleasure, propensity, raciness, relish, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savour, spice, style, taste, tooth, treat), entusiasmo (alacrity, ebullience, ebulliency, enthusiasm, excitement, flare-up, glow, intoxication, verve, warmth, zeal, zealotry), deleite (amenity, delectation, delight, dribblet, fun, gust, pleasure, relish, treat), casca (bread crust, coat, cockleboat, crust, hull, husk, peel, piecrust, rind, scale, shell, shuck, skin), animação (buoyancy, flush, freshener, frolic, ginger, life, liveliness, vitality, vivacity, warmth). (various references)

Romanian

vervã (gusto, verve), mirodenie (Flavor, flavoring, flavour, flavouring, relish, spice), gust (desire, disposition, Flavor, flavour, gust, gusto, liking, palate, relish, savor, savour, smack, taste), ardoare (Ardor, ardour, earnestness, fervour, fierceness, fire, heat, intensity, warmth, zeal), antrenare (entrainment, training). (various references)

Russian 

склонность (aptitude, bent, disposition, fancy, flair, inclination, inclination for, inclination to, leaning, liking, lurch, partiality, penchant, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, vocation, weakness), живость (agility, alacrity, aliveness, animation, brio, briskness, liveliness, mercuriality, pep, pepper, rejuvenescent, spryness, vivacity), придающее вкус. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zamah (elan, stroke, sweep, swing, whisk), zadovoljstvo (complacence, content, contentment, delectation, delight, pleasure, relish, satisfaction, treat), uživanje (delight, enjoyment, fruition, kick, pleasure, treat, use), polet (panache, pep, upswing, verve, zip), naročit ukus. (various references)

Spanish

vivacidad (briskness, elan, friskiness, ginger, life, liveliness, mercuriality, quicksilver, raciness, vivacity), piel de fruta cítrica, la vivacidad, gusto (fancy, favoritism, favouritism, Flavor, flavour, liking, pleasure, relish, savor, savour, taste, tastefulness, treat, zing), fervor (fervency, fervor, fervour, unction), entusiasmo (Ardor, ardour, ebullience, ebulliency, enthusiasm, gusto, light, liveliness, relish, warmth, zeal), deleite (blissfulness, delight, joy, treat), cáscara (bark, Hull, husk, peel, rind, shell, shuck, skin), brío (dash, fight, mettle, pride, spirit, verve), ánimo (animus, come on, courage, encouragement, fight, go it, hold on, mettle, mind, never say die, soul). (various references)

Swedish

krydda (condiment, Flavor, flavoring, flavour, flavouring, salt, season, seasoning, spice), aptit (appetite). (various references)

Turkish

zevk vermek (give smb. pleasure), tat vermek (add zest to, Flavor, flavour), tat (Flavor, flavour, gustatory, relish, sapidity, sauce, savor, savoriness, savour, savouriness, sweet, taste), lezzet katmak (add zest to, Flavor, flavour, give flavor, give flavour), lezzet (daintiness, Flavor, flavour, gladness, good taste, joy, lusciousness, relish, salt, sapidity, sauce, savor, savoriness, savour, savouriness, smack, taste), çeşni (flavour, garnish, medley, offflavour, relish, seasoning, spice, taste). (various references)

Ukrainian

вносити життя, надавати смаку (season), завзяття (anxiety, ardency, fervency), запал (eagerness, fervor, fervour, fuse, fusee, fuze, ignition, lighter, mettle, passion, primer, squib, zeal), жар (ardency, ardour, broil, burning, fever, heat, temperature), живчик, енергія (activity, bang, birr, dash, energy, might, nerve, oomph, punch, push, sappiness, spring, vim, whiz, whizz, will, zap), лимонна цедра. (various references)

Vietnamese 

mùi thơm (aroma, scent), chất cho v� o cho thêm hương vị sự say mê, điều vui vẻ vị ngon, điều thú vị (pleasure, treat). (various references)

Welsh

awch (appetite, ardor, avidity, edge, relish), aidd (ardor, zeal), afiaith (glee, mirth). (various references)

zeste. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "zest": zested, zester, zesters, zestful, zestfully, zestfulness, zestfulnesses, zestier, zestiest, zesting, zestless, zests, zesty. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Zest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: azest, ezs, Ezzi, sesit, sest, sst, zas, zase, zast, zat, zatt, zaz, ze, zeat, zec, zect, zeesy, zeet, zeft, zegs, zeist, zeit, zeks, zelt, zent, zeot, zert, zes, zese, zesr, zesta, zeste, zesti, zesto, zet, zeto, zett, zette, zewt, zeze, ziest, zis, zist, zoes, zost, zots, zs, zues, zus. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: set.

-2 letters: es, et.

+1 letter: zests, zesty, zetas.

+2 letters: azotes, ditzes, ersatz, futzes, lutzes, putzes, ritzes, speltz, zested, zester, zibets, zoster.

+3 letters: azotise, bezants, blitzes, bortzes, coziest, doziest, foziest, fritzes, glitzes, haziest, hertzes, klutzes, laziest, maziest, mestiza, mestizo, ooziest, outsize, patzers, plotzes, potzers, seltzer, shegetz, siziest, spatzle, spitzes, stylize, teazels, teazles, tizzies, topazes, touzles, tweezes, tzetzes, tzimmes, waltzes, zaniest, zealots, zeatins, zemstva, zemstvo, zeniths, zesters, zestful, zestier, zesting, zibeths, zithers, zloties, zoisite, zosters, zygotes.