Zest

Noun

 * 1) Enthusiasm.
 * Auntie Mame had a real zest for life.
 * 1) The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
 * The orange zest gives the strong flavors in this dish.

Related terms

 * zestful
 * zestfully
 * zesty

Verb

 * 1)  To scrape the zest from a fruit
 * 2) To make more zesty

Adjectives for Zest
special; sporting; prodigious; insatiable; inherent; hearty; adventurous; savage; scalping; rollicking; invidious; soldierly; smiling; inextinguishable; exquisite; glorious; hungry; infinite; keen; unflagging; eager; special; cynical; monotonous.

Verbs for Zest
afford—; arouse—; augment—; curb—; derive—; devour with—; enhance—; excite—; harness—; impart—; inspire—; repress—; savor with—; stimulate—; subdue—; whet —; —animates; —burns; —charms; —ebbs;—enlivens; —fortifies; —heartens; —invigorates; —pervades; —promotes; —reassures; —refreshes; —restrains; —suffuses, —sustains; —wanes.

Thesaurus
activity, alacrity, amusement, animal pleasure, animal spirits, animation, anxiety, anxiousness, appetite, ardor, avidity, avidness, bite, bliss, bodily pleasure, breathless impatience, brio, briskness, capersomeness, carnal delight, cheerful readiness, coltishness, comfort, content, contentment, coziness, creature comforts, delectation, delight, eagerness, ease, ecstasy, edge, elan, elation, endpleasure, enjoyment, entertainment, enthusiasm, esprit, euphoria, exuberance, fervor, flavor, forepleasure, forwardness, friskiness, frolicsomeness, fruition, fun, gaiety, gamesomeness, gayness, ginger, glow, gratification, great satisfaction, gust, gusto, guts, heart, heartiness, hearty enjoyment, hotness, hunger, impatience, impetuosity, impetus, intellectual pleasure, interest, joie de vivre, keen desire, keen pleasure, keenness, kick, kicks, life, liveliness, lustiness, luxury, mettle, nip, nippiness, palate, passion, pepper, pepperiness, perkiness, pertness, physical pleasure, piquancy, piss and vinegar, playfulness, pleasure, promptness, punch, pungency, quickness, quiet pleasure, raciness, readiness, relish, robustness, rollicksomeness, rompishness, satisfaction, savor, self-gratification, self-indulgence, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure, sexual pleasure, skittishness, snap, snappiness, spice, spiciness, spirit, spiritedness, spirits, sportiveness, sprightliness, sweetness of life, tang, tanginess, thirst, titillation, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, voluptuousness, warmth, well-being, zeal, zestfulness, zing, zip

Etymology
French zeste. Of unknown origin. The original meaning is 2. Meaning 1. ("enthusiasm") is metaphorical; confer to give a zest to, meaning "to add piquancy to", which can be done with a zest (meaning 2.).

Noun

 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Hebrew: התלהבות, הנאה, חשק
 * Japanese:


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:, gana
 * Spanish: entusiasmo, brío


 * Finnish: sitrushedelmän (ulko)kuori
 * German: Würze (2)
 * Russian: цедра


 * Spanish: ralladura
 * Swedish: zest

Synonyms

 * gusto
 * spice, relish, tang

Noun

 * 1)  of a fruit

Noun

 * 1) zest; the outer skin of a citrus fruit