Gusts Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Gusts

blows
A mass of blossoms:
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blasts
A powerful hit, blow, or shot.
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drafts
Draft is defined as a drawing in or pulling of something.
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winds
Breath, especially normal or adequate breathing; respiration:
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whiffs
A light puff or gust of air or wind; breath
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surges
(--- Astronomy) A brief increase in the intensity of solar activity such as X-ray emission, solar wind, solar flares, and prominences.
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squalls
Squall is a sudden and violent wind or a storm that brings rain and wind with it.
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rushes
A rapid, often noisy flow or passage:
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puffs
A short, sudden burst or gust, as of wind, or an expulsion, as of breath
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flurries
A sudden gust of wind.
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breezes
A light current of air; wind, esp. a gentle wind
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fits
The state, quality, or way of being fitted:
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bursts
A volley of bullets fired from an automatic weapon:
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accesses
(Countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion; as, an access of fury.
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airs
A movement of air; breeze; wind
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paroxysms
A sudden outburst of emotion or action:
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outbursts
A sudden release, as of feeling, energy, noise, etc.
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explosions
A violent blowing apart or bursting caused by energy released from a very fast chemical reaction, a nuclear reaction, or the escape of gases under pressure.
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outbreaks
An uproar, riot
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flare-ups
Alternative spelling of flare-up.
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eruptions
The definition of an eruption is a big sudden release, bursting, or outward emotional release.
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Antonyms for Gusts

trickles
The definition of a thin flow or steady drops.
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Words Related to Gusts

breaths
A momentary stirring of air:
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Gusts Sentence Examples

  • Wind gusts or a hurricane can ruin your big day.

  • The shadows were getting longer and the wind getting more ragged with stronger gusts.

  • Flies and butterflies are forms which the souls are believed by some races to take, and the Esthonians of the island of Oesel think that the gusts of wind which whirl tornado-like through the roads are the souls of old women seeking what they can find.

  • His father, Erik Johansson of Rydboholm, "a merry and jocose gentleman," but, like all the Swedish Vasas, liable to sudden fierce gusts of temper, was one of the senators who voted for the deposition of Archbishop Trolle, at the riksdag of 1517 (see Sweden, History), for which act of patriotism he lost his head.

  • A hook-and-eye or sliding latch will be enough to keep sudden gusts of wind or curious raccoons from opening the lid and possibly breaking the glass.

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