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Definitions for Spirited
ˈspɪr ɪ tɪdspir·it·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. spiritedadjective

    displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness

  2. bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippyadjective

    marked by lively action

    "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"

  3. game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunkyadjective

    willing to face danger

  4. enlivened, spiritedadjective

    made lively or spirited

    "a meal enlivened by the music"; "a spirited debate"

Wiktionary

  1. spiritedadjective

    Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.

  2. spiritedadjective

    Behaving in a specified way that has a particular feeling, mood, or character.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Spiritedadjective

    Lively; vivacious; full of fire.

    Etymology: from spirit

    John Dryden’s translation of Virgil is noble and spirited. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. Spirited

    Spirited is an Australian television supernatural comedy-drama series made for subscription television channel W that aired for two seasons, 2010 and 2011. The series stars Claudia Karvan as dentist Suzy Darling, who walks away from a loveless marriage and into an old apartment block that is inhabited by the ghost of a 1980s English rock star, Henry Mallet, played by Matt King. Suzy had been married to Steve Darling, played by Rodger Corser, for 15 years, and they have two children, Elvis, 13, played by Louis Fowler, and Verity, 8, played by Charlie Hancock. Belinda Bromilow plays Suzy's sister Jonquil.

ChatGPT

  1. spirited

    Spirited is an adjective that describes someone or something that is full of energy, enthusiasm, and determination. It typically refers to individuals who are lively, animated, or courageous. It can also refer to debates or discussions that are conducted with vigor and intense conviction.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Spirited

    of Spirit

  2. Spiritedadjective

    animated or possessed by a spirit

  3. Spiritedadjective

    animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer

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Anagrams for Spirited »

  1. riptides

  2. tide rips

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Spirited in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Spirited in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Spirited in a Sentence

  1. Ovid:

    The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

  2. Hillary Clinton:

    It has not all been a bed of roses. It is tough, the politics in our country can be pretty harsh. I think I have been called nearly everything. I understand that. It is a competitive process. I wish it wasn't so mean-spirited. I don't think this reflects well on us. But we have to keep forging our way forward and try to bring people back to together again.

  3. Wess Stafford:

    His letters were the most sweet, spirited letters I have read from any sponsor, but he kept giving hints as to who he could be, he was really pushing the envelope.

  4. President Barack Obama:

    What we need to do is make sure that like-minded, good-spirited people on both sides, law-enforcement who have a terrifically tough job, and people who understand they don't want to be stopped and harassed because of their race, that we're able to work together to try and come up with some good answers.

  5. Scott Allen:

    This is not a story about people in these facilities not caring about children. ... It is about good people trying to keep children safe in an environment that's very dangerous to them by design, if not intent. And they've been asked to execute deeply flawed and I would even say mean-spirited policies, and to do so in such a way that minimizes harms to children, it's an impossible task.

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