displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
Used in a Sentence
spirited
How to use spirited in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for spirited.
Editorial note
What a mean-spirited thing to say, and to upvote.
Examples8
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of spirited gathered in one view.
marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"
willing to face danger
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for spirited.
adjective
displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
adjective
marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"
adjective
willing to face danger
adjective
made lively or spirited; "a meal enlivened by the music"; "a spirited debate"
See also: enlivened
Example sentences
What a mean-spirited thing to say, and to upvote.
Who knows what it could grow into one day?You might not have intended to be so mean-spirited.
For trying to succeed doing something they love, making a go of it for years, and then trying something else?This is just mean-spirited, this is just cruel.
The rhetoric of this protection is of course always public spirited; the reality is something different.
I remember making a spirited reply to Yudkowsky and only noticing who he was when he replied back - but I think my not being intimidated lead to a far more productive thread than if I had seen in the first place.
And I guess that we're all thinking \n how sad it is that a man of such talent, of such capability for kindness, of \n such unusual intelligence, should now so suddenly be spirited away at the age \n of only forty-eight, before he'd achieved many of the things of which he was \n capable, and before he'd had enough fun. Well, I feel that I should say: non-\n sense.
It's intellectually dishonest and a cheap ploy to avoid saying "well, let them die".The entire stance - or at least, the stance in the way it seems to be most commonly expressed - is fundamentally mean-spirited, made all the more galling by the disingenuous reframing.
The quality and content of HN seems remarkably improved in the last year:- Karma became invisible- Steve Jobs passed away- Gruber posts started getting flagged- Android came neck and neck with iOS then surpassed it, then Apple started suing- a few overhyped, overvalued, overinvested-in companies popped in very public waysIn fact the discussions about the above things have been some of the most spirited, invigorating discussions on HN in a long while.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use spirited in a sentence?
What a mean-spirited thing to say, and to upvote.
What does spirited mean?
displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
What part of speech is spirited?
spirited is commonly used as adjective.