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Alcoholic drink having the French investing without enthusiasm
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spiritless
Word definitions for spiritless in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ spiritless celebrations EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At this murky hour the luxurious hotel had a seedy, spiritless air, matching our mood. ▪ Lilian Arkwright grew up into a pallid, spiritless child; there was nothing notable ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spiritless \Spir"it*less\, a. Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed. Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire. A men so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in lock, so woebegone. --Shak. Having no ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, "dead," from spirit (n.) + -less . Meaning "having no vigor or vivacity" is from 1650s. Related: Spiritlessly .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. lacking ardor or vigor or energy; "a spiritless reply to criticism" [ant: spirited ] lacking spirit; "it was a spiritless attempt" evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of those ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. enervated.
Usage examples of spiritless.
The infantry was a half-armed, spiritless crowd of peasants, levied in haste by the allurements of plunder, and as easily dispersed by a victory as by a defeat.
Where birth is respected, unactive, spiritless minds remain in haughty indolence, and dream of nothing but pedigrees and genealogies: the generous and ambitious seek honour and authority, and reputation and favour.
Spiritless, and utterly indifferent to what his fate might be, Dick Varley rode along with his head drooping, and keeping his seat almost mechanically, while the mettlesome little steed flew on over wave and hollow.
The bewailings of scaramouch, the dull and spiritless despair of Fastidio, offered a picture which would have made me laugh heartily if the danger had been imaginary and not real.
Whereas before, the spiritless and cowed people hung their heads and slunk away if one mentioned war to them, now they came clamoring to be enlisted under the banner of the Maid of Vaucouleurs, and the roaring of war-songs and the thundering of the drums filled all the air.
Thus easily do even the most startling novelties grow tame and spiritless to these sight-surfeited wanderers.