spirited
Someone who's spirited is lively or enthusiastic. It can be challenging to babysit a bunch of spirited four-year-olds, but it's also entertaining.
You can also call a spirited person energetic, animated, or spunky. Spirited people are often determined, too, like a spirited activist for animal rights or a spirited defender of free school lunches. Long ago, this adjective was also used to mean "possessed by a spirit or ghost." Today's sense of spirited comes from the original meaning of the verb spirit, "to make more active."
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displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
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Synonyms:
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lively
full of life and energy
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energetic
possessing or exerting or displaying energy
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enthusiastic, keen
having or showing great excitement and interest
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boisterous, knockabout
full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
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con brio
with liveliness or spirit
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dashing, gallant
lively and spirited
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ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited
joyously unrestrained
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feisty, plucky, spunky
showing courage
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impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
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lively, racy
full of zest or vigor
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mettlesome
having a proud and unbroken spirit
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resilient
recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like
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snappy, whipping
smart and fashionable
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sprightly
full of spirit and vitality
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vibrant, vivacious
vigorous and animated
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barmy, yeasty, zestful, zesty
marked by spirited enjoyment
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Antonyms:
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spiritless
lacking ardor or vigor or energy
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dull
lacking in liveliness or animation
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unenthusiastic
not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor
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apathetic
showing little or no emotion or animation
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bloodless
without vigor or zest or energy
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dispirited, listless
marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
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heartless
devoid of courage or enthusiasm
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thin
lacking spirit or sincere effort
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lively
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made lively or spirited
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marked by lively action
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willing to face danger
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brave, courageous
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
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brave, courageous
Vocabulary lists containing spirited
After her house is destroyed by a tornado, 12-year-old Ivy must navigate changing relationships with her family and friends.
After her parents' divorce, eleven-year-old Isabella must shuttle back and forth between two separate households while trying to understand her biracial identity.
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