The more high-spirited among the youth were, about the time that our narrative begins, expecting, rather with hope than apprehension, an opportunity of emulating their fathers in their military achievements.
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High-spirited
Synonyms for "high-spirited" (70 found)
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Adjective(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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12 translations across 8 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπέρθυμος adj (possessing a bold nature)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 昂揚 /昂扬 adj (possessing a bold nature)
German
1 entries- übermütig adj (possessing a bold nature)
Irish
3 entries- ardaigeanta adj (possessing a bold nature)
- ardintinneach adj (possessing a bold nature)
- móraigeanta adj (possessing a bold nature)
Italian
3 entries- effervescente adj (possessing a bold nature)
- esuberante adj (possessing a bold nature)
- indiavolato adj (possessing a bold nature)
Manx
1 entries- ard-spyrrydagh adj (possessing a bold nature)
Russian
1 entries- жизнера́достный adj (possessing a bold nature)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- inntinneach adj (possessing a bold nature)
Sample sentences
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"She was as fine a figure of a woman as I was a man, as high-spirited and courageous, as reckless and dare-devilish."
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Their poor mother was, I believe, naturally a lighthearted, sociable, high-spirited little creature; and her gay and childish nature pined in the isolation and gloom of her lot.
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Though she was nineteen she gave the effect of a high-spirited precocious child, and in the present glow of her youth and beauty all the men and women she had known were but driftwood on the ripples of her temperament.
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