high-spirited(PERSON)

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Feeling sad and unhappy
a long faceidiom
abjection
angsty
be cut upidiom
be down in the mouthidiom
be in a funkidiom
dismayed
displeased
dissatisfied
distraught
distressed
lachrymose
lonely
lonesome
lovelorn
wistful
wistfully
woe
woe is meidiom
woebegone

Examples of low-spirited

low-spirited
Those who remained alive became weak, low-spirited, and helpless.
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In winter, when she can't go, of course, for the snow, she is always low-spirited, poor lady!
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All the chiefs were so low-spirited that great efforts were made to cheer them.
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He intimated as much, and appeared unusually restless and low-spirited for him.
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But at dessert, on the contrary, and when the general conversation began to be lively, he became serious, silent, and sometimes low-spirited.
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Even the cold-hearted felt a warmth steal in, and the low-spirited were exalted in their minds.
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They grew low-spirited and no longer dared to be open towards each other and to exchange confidences and projects.
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He felt low-spirited, and vexed at having yielded to that new longing, and at having broken through his usual habits.
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The confusion distracts me, and the high houses and narrow streets, make me gloomy and low-spirited.
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He felt low-spirited and vexed at having yielded to that new longing, and at having broken through his usual habits.
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He got ready in silence and walked off, sullen and low-spirited.
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You are nervous and low-spirited, and exaggerate the difficulties of our situation.
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He wanted it distinctly understood that he was not low-spirited.
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I have a low-spirited turn, m'sieur, but not to the length of putting up a death's-head in my kitchen.
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He took three solid months of it, and found himself low-spirited, ailing, and in need of tonics.
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