spirits feelings, sentiments, mood, humor, temper, grain; disposition, affection, temperament, constitution, make-up; outlook, attitude, frame or turn of mind; vein, stripe, streak, tone, cast, hue; tendency, propensity, proclivity, predisposition.
8. valor, courage, bravery, fearlessness, dauntlessness; mettle, pluck, backbone, grit, U.S. Inf. sand, Inf spunk, Sl. guts; firmness, resoluteness, vigor, stoutness, manfulness, stout-heartedness; audacity, boldness, daring; doughtiness, gameness, feistiness.
9. enthusiasm, eagerness, zeal; ardor, fervor, fire, passion; energy, enterprise; liveliness, vivacity, animation, glow, warmth; dash, £lan, It. brio, zest, verve, style, flair, panache; spice, pungency, piquancy.
10. esprit de corps, fellowship, togetherness, fellow feeling; cohesiveness, communality, oneness, unity; allegiance, devotion, attachment, adherence, bond.
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spirits alcohol, whiskey, liquor, grog, Sl. hard stuff; Inf. firewater, Sl. booze, Sl. hooch.
-v. 12. animate, inspirit, enliven; inspire, embolden, enhearten, encourage; stimulate, arouse, incite, urge on, goad, stir, kindle; activate, quicken, waken; vivify, vitalize, invigorate.
13. carry off, abduct, capture, seize; steal away, make or run off with; kidnap, Sl. snatch,
spirited, adj. 1. animated, lively, vivacious, energetic, active, alive; forceful, dynamic, vigorous; sparkling, glowing, dazzling, bright, brilliant, vivid, florid, Music, bravura; sprightly, airy, brisk, breezy, buoyant; effervescent, bubbling, bubbly, ebullient.
2. courageous, valiant, valorous, brave, heroic, lion-hearted; high-spirited, mettlesome, game, plucky, feisty, gritty, Inf. spunky; hearty, stout-hearted, stout, stalwart; resolute, determined, tenacious.
3. ardent, fervent, heated, zealous, passionate; enthusiastic, eager, avid, earnest, keen; fiery, volatile, excitable, high-strung; hasty, quick-tempered, impetuous, vehement, violent.
spiritless, adj. 1. listless, languid, droopy, mopey, mopish; exanimate, torpid, sluggish, phlegmatic, lethargic, Inf. dopey, heavy; lifeless, inanimate; inert, inactive, stagnant; lazy, oscitant, drowsy, Sl. out of it.
2. indifferent, uncaring, unmoved, unconcerned, uninterested; passionless, cold, dead.
3. colorless, pallid, pale, wan, wishy-washy, anemic, ashen; flat, mat, lackluster, lusterless, dull, dingy, washed-out.