Meaning of spirited in English
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Classifying Adjective
spiritedDefinitions
1. marked by lively actionExamples
- « a bouncing gait »
- « bouncy tunes »
- « the peppy and interesting talk »
- « a spirited dance »
Synonyms
- 2. willing to face danger
Synonyms
- 3. made lively or spirited
Examples
- « a meal enlivened by the music »
- « a spirited debate »
Synonyms
Qualitative Adjective
spiritedDefinitions
1. displaying animation, vigor, or livelinessSynonyms
- 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
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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