Antonyms for gust
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1. gustnoun

   Antonyms:
   calm, tranquillity, subsidence, restraint, composure, zephyr

   Synonyms:
   squall, blast, puff, fit, outburst, gale, breeze

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1. gust, blast, blownoun

   a strong current of air

   "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"

   Synonyms:
   nose candy, reversal, bam, snow, bump, setback, bang, flak, clap, fire, black eye, coke, reverse, attack, shock, puff, good time, blow, eruption, flack, blast

How to use gust in a sentence?

1. Magha:

   A man of feeble character resembles a reed that bends with every gust of wind.

2. Margaret Reynolds:

   It was a beautiful day and a gust of wind blew the umbrella, it was just an accident.

3. Suraj Paudyal:

   It seems that a serac( a piece of glacial ice broke) and barreled down the couloir( a gully on a mountainside) from the top ridge of the mountain and the gust created the turbulence washing the climbers and staff from their tented camp at the base camp.

4. The German:

   It was a gust of wind, a big one. I'm serious, actually.

5. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Paul Clifford:

   It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

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