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NOUN | 1 | spirit | The vital principle or animating force within living things |
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2 | spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell | The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | |
3 | spirit | A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character | |
4 | spirit, disembodied spirit | Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings | |
5 | spirit, emotional state | The state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection) | |
6 | spirit, intent, purport | The intended meaning of a communication | |
7 | spirit, liveliness, life, sprightliness | Animation and energy in action or expression | |
8 | spirit, heart | An inclination or tendency of a certain kind | |
VERB | 1 | spirit, spirit up, inspirit | Infuse with spirit |
Sounds | spih'raht; spih'riht |
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Rhymes | abbot, abut, accredit, and 364 more rhymes in aht at the HyperDic website... |
acquit, admit, affectionate, and 178 more rhymes in iht at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The vital principle or animating force within living things. |
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Narrower | soul, psyche |
Broader | vital principle, life principle |
Verbs | spiritize |
Meaning | The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people. |
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Synonyms | tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell |
Narrower | Hollywood; Zeitgeist |
Broader | atmosphere, ambiance, ambience |
Verbs | spirit; spiritize |
Meaning | A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character. |
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Narrower | courage, courageousness, bravery; cowardice, cowardliness |
Broader | character, fiber, fibre |
Verbs | spiritize |
Meaning | Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings. |
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Synonyms | disembodied spirit |
Narrower | control; evil spirit; banshee; genie, jinni, jinnee, djinni, djinny; familiar, familiar spirit; peri; apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, specter, spectre; presence; numen; python; sylvan, silvan; thunderbird; zombi, zombie, zombi spirit, zombie spirit |
Broader | spiritual being, supernatural being |
Meaning | The state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection). |
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Examples | "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose" |
Synonyms | emotional state |
Narrower | embarrassment; ecstasy, rapture, transport, exaltation, raptus; gratification, satisfaction; happiness, felicity; state; unhappiness |
Broader | emotion |
Verbs | spirit |
Meaning | The intended meaning of a communication. |
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Synonyms | intent, purport |
Broader | meaning, significance, signification, import |
Meaning | Animation and energy in action or expression. |
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Synonyms | liveliness, life, sprightliness |
Attributes | lively |
Narrower | airiness, delicacy; alacrity, briskness; energy, vigor, vigour, vim; elan; esprit; breeziness, jauntiness; irrepressibility, buoyancy; high-spiritedness; exuberance, enthusiasm, ebullience; pep, peppiness, ginger |
Broader | animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification |
Verbs | spirit; spiritize |
Meaning | An inclination or tendency of a certain kind. |
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Synonyms | heart |
Broader | disposition, temperament |
Meaning | Infuse with spirit. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "The company spirited him up" |
Synonyms | spirit up, inspirit |
Broader | enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate |
Nouns | spirit; spirit; spirit |