spirit
Meaning of spirit
noun
- The soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.
- A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
A wandering spirit haunts the island.
- Enthusiasm.
School spirit is at an all-time high.
- The manner or style of something.
In the spirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges.
- (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
- Energy; ardour.
- One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit
- Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural.
to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits
- Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
- A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
- Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
the spirit of an enterprise, or of a document
- Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
- (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
- To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
- To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; sometimes followed by up.
Civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men.
Information about spirit
- The plural form of spirit is: spirits.
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Hyphenation of spirit
spirit
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- spirit is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
spirit synonyms
Meaning tone:
tone, feel, feeling, flavor, look, smell
Meaning intent:
Meaning liveliness:
liveliness, life, sprightliness
Meaning heart:
Meaning spirit up:
Translation of spirit
Anagrams of spirit
Words that rhyme with spirit
Kirit, Spirit, archspirit, bespirit, dispirit, disspirit, enspirit, inspirit, nonspirit, outspirit, reinspirit, respirit, unspirit
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