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Definition: Zestful |
ZestfulAdjective1. Marked by spirited enjoyment. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: ZestfulSynonyms: yeasty (adj), zesty (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Title |
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| Author | Quotation |
Henry Ward Beecher | Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Zestful" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Zestful" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "zestful"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | plot vrull (high-spirited, mettled, mettlesome, peppy, zippy). (various references) | |
Arabic | فاتن (alluring, attractive, breathtaking, captivating, catching, charming, cute, darling, enchanting, engaging, entrancing, exquisite, fascinating, glamorous, glamourous, likely, lovely, magic, magical, mesmeric, personable, philanderer, picturesque, pretty, ravishing, seducer, spellbinding, stunning, superb, sweet, tempter, thrilling, winning, winsome), متلذذ, مستمتع (amused, listener), ساحر (attractive, bewitched, captivating, charming, conjuror, darling, ducky, enchanting, engaging, fascinating, fetching, glamorous, glamourous, magic, magical, magnetic, magus, mesmeric, pleasant, prestigious, ravishing, stunning, taking, winning, winsome). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вършещ нещо с охота, вършещ нещо с жар. (various references) | |
Czech | nadšený (dedicated, enthusiastic, glowing, great, keen, passionate, rapturous, rousing, thrilled, wholehearted, zealous). (various references) | |
French | séduisant, réjouissant, enthousiaste (zesty), charmant, amusant. (various references) | |
German | schwungvoll (energetic, full of verve, jauntily, jaunty, lively, peppy, racy, rousing, snappily, sprightly, sweeping, zestfully), begeistert (ardent, avid, elated, enthusiastic, enthusiastically, glowingly, inspires, keen, rapturous, strong, thrilled, zesty). (various references) | |
Greek | κεφάτος (breezy, in a happy mood, jolly, jovial), ενδιαφέρων (interesting). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מתל"ב (ecstatic, enthusiast, enthusiastic). (various references) | |
Hungarian | odaadó (affectionate, committed, devoted, faithful, fervid, selfless), lelkesítõ (rousing). (various references) | |
Italian | saporito - piccante - aromatico. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 趣の有る (elegant, tasteful). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おもむきのある (elegant, tasteful). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | estfulzay.(various references) | |
Russian | жизнерадостный (blithe, buoyant, debonair, eupeptic, good-humoured, jolly as sandboy, lively as a cricket, merry as a cricket, resilient, rose-coloured), пикантный (flavored, flavoured, nutty, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, salty, savoury, spicy). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | poletan (dashing), podsticajan. (various references) | |
Spanish | vivaz (breezy, jaunty, vivacious, zappy), sabroso (fruity, juicy, palatable, rich, sapid, saporous, Savory, savoury, spicy, tasteful, tasty, toothsome), fervoroso (earnest, fervent, fervid, passionate, strong), entusiasta (addict, buff, ebullient, enthusiast, enthusiastic, fan, fiend, glowing, keen, nut, warm, zealous), brioso (high-spirited, lively, mettlesome, proud), animoso (brave, game, gritty, high-spirited, intrepid, mettled, mettlesome, spirited). (various references) | |
Swedish | kryddad (flavoured, Savory, savoury, spicy). (various references) | |
Turkish | zevkli (decorous, delightful, easy, enjoyable, fun, gracious, pleasurable, select, tasteful, tasty), lezzetli (dainty, delicate, delicious, goluptious, luscious, palatable, sapid, Savory, savoury, succulent, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, yummy), leziz. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гострий (abrupt, acrid, acrimonious, acute, argute, bad, barbed, biting, eager, edgy, incisive, keen, nimble, nutty, piercing, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick, savoury, sharp, splitting, subtile, subtle, trenchant), пікантний (flavored, flavoured, nippy, nutty, piquant, pungent, purple, salty, spicy). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zestful": zestfully, zestfulness, zestfulnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Zestful" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pesfull. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "zestful" (pronounced ze"stful) |
| 6 | -e" s t f u l | restful. |
| 5 | -s t f u l | boastful, distasteful, distrustful, fistful, tasteful, lustful, mistrustful, wasteful, wistful. |
| 4 | -t f u l | artful, deceitful, delightful, disrespectful, doubtful, eventful, fateful, fitful, forgetful, fretful, frightful, fruitful, grateful, hateful, hurtful, spiteful, tactful, insightful, neglectful, regretful, resentful, respectful, rightful, thoughtful, uneventful, ungrateful. |
| 3 | -f u l | apocryphal, awful, baffle, baleful, bashful, beautiful, blissful, bountiful, careful, cheerful, colorful, disdainful, disgraceful, doleful, dreadful, duffel, dutiful, faithful, falafel, fanciful, fearful, flavorful, forceful, gainful, gleeful, graceful, harmful, healthful, helpful, hopeful, houseful, sorrowful, soulful, stifle, stressful, successful, suspenseful, tearful, thankful, joyful, kerfuffle, lawful, masterful, meaningful, merciful, mindful, mournful, muffle, needful, painful, panful, peaceful, pitiful, playful, plentiful, powerful, prayerful, purposeful, raffle, remorseful, reshuffle, resourceful, riffle, rifle, rueful, ruffle, scornful, scuffle, shameful, shuffle, sinful, skillful, trifle, triumphal, truffle, truthful, tuneful, unfaithful, unhealthful, unhelpful, unlawful, unsuccessful, untruthful, useful, vengeful, waffle, watchful, willful, wishful, woeful, wonderful, worshipful, wrongful, youthful. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-l-s-t-u-z" | |
-1 letter: flutes, futzes, lutzes. | |
-2 letters: felts, fetus, flues, flute, fuels, fusel, fuzes, lefts, lutes, tules. | |
-3 letters: efts, felt, fets, feus, flue, flus, fuel, fuse, futz, fuze, left, lest, lets, lues, lust, lute, lutz, self, slue, suet, tels, tule, zest. | |
-4 letters: efs, eft, elf, els, fet, feu, fez, flu, let, leu, lez, sel, set, sue, tel. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-l-s-t-u-z" | |
+2 letters: zestfully. | |
+4 letters: zestfulness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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