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Meaning of spirited in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    spirited

    Definitions

    1. marked by lively action

    Examples

    • « a bouncing gait »
    • « bouncy tunes »
    • « the peppy and interesting talk »
    • « a spirited dance »

    Synonyms

    • lively
  2. 2. willing to face danger

    Synonyms

    • brave
    • courageous
    • fearless
  3. 3. made lively or spirited

    Examples

    • « a meal enlivened by the music »
    • « a spirited debate »

    Synonyms

    • animated
    • alive
  4. Qualitative Adjective

    spirited

    Definitions

    1. displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness

    Synonyms

    • boisterous
    • knockabout
    • con brio
    • dashing
    • gallant
    • ebullient
    • exuberant
    • high-spirited
    • feisty
    • plucky
    • spunky
    • hoyden(a)
    • hoydenish
    • tomboyish
    • impertinent
    • irreverent
    • pert
    • saucy
    • lively
    • racy
    • mettlesome
    • resilient
    • snappy
    • whipping
    • sprightly
    • vibrant
    • vivacious
    • zestful
    • yeasty
    • zesty
    • barmy

    Antonyms

    • spiritless

Famous quotes

  • « Ten thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life, of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth. »
    Nina Bawden
  • « I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic. »
    Diane Lane
  • « An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which popular government is a sham and a mockery. »
    Joseph Pulitzer
  • « But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world. »
    John Thorn
  • « Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied. »
    Friedrich Nietzsche

See also

  • energetic
  • enthusiastic
  • lively

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