'Spirited' definitions:
Definition of 'spirited'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness [ant: spiritless]
adjective
Marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance" [syn: bouncing, bouncy, peppy, spirited, zippy]
adjective
adjective
Made lively or spirited; "a meal enlivened by the music"; "a spirited debate" [syn: enlivened, spirited]
Definition of 'Spirited'
From: GCIDE
- Spirited \Spir"it*ed\, a.
- 1. Animated or possessed by a spirit. [Obs.] "So talked the spirited, sly snake." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Spirited is much used in composition; as in high-spirited, low-spirited, mean-spirited, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Lively; vivacious; animated; ardent; active; bold; courageous. [1913 Webster] -- {Spir"it*ed*ly}, adv. -- {Spir"it*ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spirited'
From: GCIDE
- Spirit \Spir"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiriting.]
- 1. To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up. [1913 Webster]
- Many officers and private men spirit up and assist those obstinate people to continue in their rebellion. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off. [1913 Webster]
- The ministry had him spirited away, and carried abroad as a dangerous person. --Arbuthnot & Pope. [1913 Webster]
- I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of antiquity. --Willis. [1913 Webster]
- Spiriting away (Law), causing to leave; the offense of inducing a witness to leave a jurisdiction so as to evade process requiring attendance at trial. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spirited'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- active,
- activist,
- activistic,
- acute,
- afire,
- aggressive,
- agog,
- alacritous,
- alert,
- alive,
- all agog,
- animate,
- animated,
- antic,
- anxious,
- ardent,
- audacious,
- avid,
- beany,
- bold,
- bouncing,
- bouncy,
- brave,
- breathless,
- breezy,
- bright,
- brisk,
- bubbly,
- bulldoggish,
- buoyant,
- burning,
- bursting to,
- cant,
- capersome,
- chipper,
- coltish,
- committed,
- courageous,
- dauntless,
- dedicated,
- desirous,
- devoted,
- devout,
- dynamic,
- eager,
- earnest,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- energetic,
- enterprising,
- enthusiastic,
- exuberant,
- faithful,
- fearless,
- fervent,
- fervid,
- fiery,
- flaming,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- forward,
- frisky,
- frolicsome,
- full of beans,
- full of go,
- full of life,
- full of pep,
- game,
- gamesome,
- gamy,
- gay,
- go-go,
- gritty,
- gutsy,
- gutty,
- hearty,
- heated,
- high-spirited,
- hot,
- hot-blooded,
- impassioned,
- impatient,
- impetuous,
- in earnest,
- incisive,
- intense,
- intent,
- intent on,
- intrepid,
- keen,
- kinetic,
- live,
- lively,
- living,
- loyal,
- lusty,
- mercurial,
- mettlesome,
- militant,
- nervy,
- on fire,
- panting,
- passionate,
- peppery,
- peppy,
- perfervid,
- perky,
- pert,
- pertinacious,
- piquant,
- playful,
- plucky,
- poignant,
- prompt,
- pungent,
- quick,
- quicksilver,
- racy,
- raring to,
- ready,
- ready and willing,
- red-blooded,
- red-hot,
- resolute,
- robust,
- rollicking,
- rollicksome,
- rompish,
- serious,
- sharp,
- sincere,
- skittish,
- smacking,
- snappy,
- spanking,
- sparkling,
- spiritful,
- sportive,
- sprightly,
- spry,
- spunky,
- strenuous,
- strong,
- take-charge,
- take-over,
- tenacious,
- tough,
- trenchant,
- valiant,
- vehement,
- vibrant,
- vigorous,
- vital,
- vivacious,
- vivid,
- warm,
- white-hot,
- zealous,
- zestful,
- zesty,
- zingy,
- zippy
Words containing 'Spirited'
- Spirit,
- Spiritally,
- Spiritedly,
- Spiritful,
- Spiritfully,
- Spiritfulness,
- Spiriting,
- Spiritism,
- Spiritous,
- Spiritousness,
- The Spirit,
- spirit off,
- spirit up,
- spiritize,
- spirits,
- Animal spirits,
- Ardent spirits,
- Astral spirits,
- Dulcified spirit,
- Dulcified spirits,
- Familiar spirit,
- Familiar spirits,
- Guardian spirit,
- Holy Spirit,
- Low spirits,
- Party spirit,
- Petroleum spirit,
- Proof spirit,
- Rectified spirit,
- Spirit Lake,
- Spirit butterfly,
- Spirit duck,
- Spirit lamp,
- Spirit level,
- Spirit of Mindererus,
- Spirit of hartshorn,
- Spirit of salt,
- Spirit of sense,
- Spirit of turpentine,
- Spirit of vitriol,
- Spirit of wine,
- Spirit rapper,
- Spirit rapping,
- Spiriting away,
- Spirits of hartshorn,
- Spirits of turpentine,
- Spirits of wine,
- The Great Spirit,
- To walk after the Spirit,
- Unclean spirit,
- Wood spirit,
- a spirit level,
- civic spirit,
- departed spirit,
- disembodied spirit,
- evil spirit,
- free spirit,
- good spirit,
- high spirited,
- high spirits,
- in good spirits,
- in high spirits,
- in low spirits,
- intercession of the spirit,
- low spirited,
- methylated spirit,
- moving spirit,
- neutral spirits,
- pyroacetic spirit,
- spirit away,
- spirit gum,
- spirit holy,
- spirit of tin,
- spirit stove,
- spirit world,
- spirits of ammonia,
- surgical spirit,
- team spirit,
- water spirit,
- witness of the spirit,
- zombi spirit,
- zombie spirit,
- High-spirited,
- Holy Spirit plant,
- Hot-spirited,
- Low-spirited,
- Male-spirited,
- Poor-spirited,
- Public-spirited,
- Public-spiritedly,
- Shad-spirit,
- Spirit Lake, IA,
- Spirit Lake, ID,
- Spirit of nitrous ether,
- Spirit of vitriolic ether,
- Sweet spirit of niter,
- Sweet spirits of niter,
- mean-spirited,
- party-spirited