spirited

Adjective
Synonyms: bouncingbouncypeppyzippygamegamygameygrittymettlesomespunkyenlivened

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (4)

  1. displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness
  2. marked by lively action“a bouncing gait”“bouncy tunes”“the peppy and interesting talk”“a spirited dance”Synonyms: bouncingbouncypeppyzippy
  3. willing to face dangerSynonyms: gamegamygameygrittymettlesomespunky
  4. made lively or spirited“a meal enlivened by the music”“a spirited debate”Synonyms: enlivened
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Spirited \Spir"it*ed\, a.

1.Animated or possessed by a spirit. [Obs.] "So talked the spirited, sly snake." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2.Animated; full of life or vigor; lively; full of spirit or fire; as, a spirited oration; a spirited answer. [1913 Webster]

Note: Spirited is much used in composition; as in high-spirited, low-spirited, mean-spirited, etc. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Lively; vivacious; animated; ardent; active; bold; courageous. [1913 Webster] -- Spir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Spir"it*ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Spirit \Spir"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Spiriting.]

1.To animate with vigor; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit; as, civil dissensions often spirit the ambition of private men; -- sometimes followed by up. [1913 Webster]

Many officers and private men spirit up and assist those obstinate people to continue in their rebellion.— Swift.[1913 Webster]

2.To convey rapidly and secretly, or mysteriously, as if by the agency of a spirit; to kidnap; -- often with away, or off. [1913 Webster]

The ministry had him spirited away, and carried abroad as a dangerous person.— Arbuthnot & Pope.[1913 Webster]
I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of antiquity.— Willis.[1913 Webster]

Spiriting away (Law), causing to leave; the offense of inducing a witness to leave a jurisdiction so as to evade process requiring attendance at trial. [1913 Webster]

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