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SPIRITED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made lively or spirited
Example:
a spirited debate
Synonyms:
enlivened; spirited
Classified under:
Similar:
alive; animated (having life or vigor or spirit)
Derivation:
spiritedness (quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Willing to face danger
Synonyms:
game; gamey; gamy; gritty; mettlesome; spirited; spunky
Classified under:
Similar:
brave; courageous (possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Marked by lively action
Example:
a spirited dance
Synonyms:
bouncing; bouncy; peppy; spirited; zippy
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
lively (full of life and energy)
Derivation:
spiritedness (quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
barmy; yeasty; zestful; zesty (marked by spirited enjoyment)
vibrant; vivacious (vigorous and animated)
sprightly (full of spirit and vitality)
snappy; whipping (smart and fashionable)
resilient (recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like)
mettlesome (having a proud and unbroken spirit)
lively; racy (full of zest or vigor)
impertinent; irreverent; pert; saucy (characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality)
feisty; plucky; spunky (showing courage)
ebullient; exuberant; high-spirited (joyously unrestrained)
dashing; gallant (lively and spirited)
con brio (with vigor)
boisterous; knockabout (full of rough and exuberant animal spirits)
Also:
enthusiastic (having or showing great excitement and interest)
energetic (possessing or exerting or displaying energy)
lively (full of life and energy)
Attribute:
animation; brio; invigoration; spiritedness; vivification (quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous)
Antonym:
spiritless (lacking ardor or vigor or energy)
Derivation:
spiritedness (quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb spirit
Context examples:
Her eldest was a boy of ten years old, a fine spirited fellow, who longed to be out in the world; but what could she do?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Emma could not have desired a more spirited rejection of Mr. Martin's prose.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The high-spirited, joyous-talking Louisa Musgrove, and the dejected, thinking, feeling, reading, Captain Benwick, seemed each of them everything that would not suit the other.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Catherine, weak-spirited, irritable, and completely under Lydia's guidance, had been always affronted by their advice; and Lydia, self-willed and careless, would scarcely give them a hearing.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
“I give it a slip,” said Berkeley Craven, and the men walked to their corners, amidst a general shout of applause for a spirited and well-contested opening round.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He sat perched on a high bay horse, and held on to the bridle of a spirited black palfrey, the hides of both glistening from a long run.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Two or three warriors spoke, and finally our young friend made a spirited harangue with such eloquent features and gestures that we could understand it all as clearly as if we had known his language.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The first time occurred when the master was trying to teach a spirited thoroughbred the method of opening and closing gates without the rider's dismounting.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Can you imagine what it means for a sensitive and high-spirited woman to be tied to him for day and night?
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Did you not think him dreadful low-spirited when he was at Barton?
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
