low-spirited
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of low-spirited
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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Did I not feel low-spirited, and wake of a morning unrefreshed?
From A Fluttered Dovecote by Fenn, George Manville
He was an angular swayback, leggy, low-spirited, thick-headed, and as fast as a caterpillar.
From Taking Chances by Cullen, Clarence L.
I was feeling very low-spirited, and so weary of his tiresome ways that I began to cry.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
The widow rallied him on the subject, but this did no good, and only irritated him; he called her wicked, jealous, and blind, and would go away, low-spirited, carrying his treasure with him.
From Iermola by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
A more miserable, unhappy, low-spirited set of men I had never before come across.
From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward
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