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spiritedness
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Spiritedness
(gcide) | Spirited \Spir"it*ed\, a.
1. Animated or possessed by a spirit. [Obs.] "So talked the
spirited, sly snake." --Milton.
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2. Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or
fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer.
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Note: Spirited is much used in composition; as in
high-spirited, low-spirited, mean-spirited, etc.
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Syn: Lively; vivacious; animated; ardent; active; bold;
courageous.
[1913 Webster] -- Spir"it*ed*ly, adv. --
Spir"it*ed*ness, n.
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spiritedness
(wn) | spiritedness
n 1: quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
[syn: animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio,
vivification] |
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dispiritedness
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high-spiritedness
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low-spiritedness
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spiritedness
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Low-spiritedness
(gcide) | Low-spirited \Low"-spir`it*ed\, a.
Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed;
dispirited; not sprightly.
Syn: depressed, dispirited, down(predicate), downcast,
downhearted, low.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- Low"-spir`it*ed*ness,
n.
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Mean-spiritedness
(gcide) | meanspirited \mean"spir`it*ed\, mean-spirited
\mean"-spir`it*ed\, a.
1. Of a mean spirit; petty; small-minded; base; groveling; --
of people. -- Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.
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2. Done for malevolent reasons; -- of deeds and actions.
Syn: base, contemptible, currish, mean, meanspirited, scurvy.
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Poor-spiritedness
(gcide) | Poor-spirited \Poor"-spir`it*ed\, a.
Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base. -- Poor"-spir`it*ed*ness,
n.
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Public-spiritedness
(gcide) | Public-spirited \Pub"lic-spir`it*ed\, a.
1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the
interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited
men.
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2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited
project or measure. --Addison.
[1913 Webster] -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly, adv. --
Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ness, n.
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dispiritedness
(wn) | dispiritedness
n 1: a feeling of low spirits; "he felt responsible for her
lowness of spirits" [syn: downheartedness,
dejectedness, low-spiritedness, lowness,
dispiritedness] |
high-spiritedness
(wn) | high-spiritedness
n 1: exuberant liveliness |
low-spiritedness
(wn) | low-spiritedness
n 1: a feeling of low spirits; "he felt responsible for her
lowness of spirits" [syn: downheartedness,
dejectedness, low-spiritedness, lowness,
dispiritedness] |
spiritedness
(wn) | spiritedness
n 1: quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
[syn: animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio,
vivification] |
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