Synonyms for high-spirited


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hahy-spir-i-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhaɪˈspɪr ɪ tɪd


Définition of high-spirited

  • adj enthusiastic
Example sentences :
  • He forgot that humble worship was not the way to win a high-spirited girl.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • This was a terrible mortification to the high-spirited young man.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • She was high-minded, and high-spirited, and not without a dash of romance.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various
  • And she is so—so fidgety and—and nervous and high-spirited and silly.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Ye little know what it is to be the mother of a high-spirited boy.
  • Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
  • But this high-spirited youth feels no tremor of physical fear.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
  • It was most humiliating for high-spirited children to be so misunderstood.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • A high-spirited lad like Alwyn would not be kept in leading-strings.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • It was the act of a high-spirited, generous, and just, nation.
  • Extract from : « "Stops" » by Paul Allardyce
  • The tone of the Stradivarius violin is full, musical and high-spirited.
  • Extract from : « A Popular History of the Art of Music » by W. S. B. Mathews

Antonyms for high-spirited

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