low-spirited
adjective
depressed; dejected.
low-spiritedness
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a word derived from
low-spirited.
Example Sentences
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He, however, has moments of very low-spiritedness, and becomes almost despondent in the moods.
From Oscar Wilde by Leonard Cresswell Ingleby
During her spells of low-spiritedness, the only one who could sympathize with her was Mrs. St. James.
From Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel by May Leonard
There, do pray chase away this horrible low-spiritedness!
From The Sapphire Cross by George Manville Fenn
It was a glorious summer evening, and though he was in dirty, smoky Bristol, everything seemed to look bright and attractive, and to produce a sensation of low-spiritedness such as he had never felt before.
From The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens by George Manville Fenn
Suppose for a moment you think through a list of the opposites of those nine characteristics—bitterness, envy, hate, low-spiritedness, sulkiness, chafing, fretting, worrying, short-suffering, quick-temper, hot-temper, high-spiritedness, unsteadiness, unreliability, lack of control of yourself.
From Quiet Talks on Power by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
