spirited

Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.

Adjective

  1. Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
    • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited...
    • But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack. - 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands...

Forms

more spirited most spirited

Related

spirit spirited away

Derived

spiritedly spiritedness unspirited free-spirited high-spirited hot-spirited light-spirited low-spirited mean spirited mean-spirited party-spirited poor-spirited public-spirited two-spirited

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of spirit
    • When I was young and full of grace I spirited a rattlesnake - 1986, R.E.M., “I Believe”, in Lifes Rich Pageant: