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high spirits

high spirits
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Definitions of high spirits words

  • noun plural high spirits lively or boisterous mood 1
  • noun plural high spirits if you talk about someone's high spirits, you mean their liveliness and cheerfulness 0

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Parts of speech for High spirits

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

high spirits popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 74% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for high spirits

noun high spirits

  • bounce — When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
  • vim — lively or energetic spirit; enthusiasm; vitality.
  • dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
  • gaiety — the state of being joyous, vivacious, or cheerful.
  • zing — vitality, animation, or zest.

Antonyms for high spirits

noun high spirits

  • idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
  • inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
  • laziness — lazy evaluation
  • lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
  • lifeless — not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.

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