spirited

English

Verb

spirited

1. simple past tense and past participle of spirit

Derived terms

• free-spirited
• low-spirited
• high-spirited
• mean-spirited

Adjective

spirited (comparative more spirited, superlative most spirited)

1. Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.
   • 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, BBC Sport:

     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.

Related terms

• spirit
• spirited away

Translations

lively, vigorous, animated or courageous

• Finnish: vilkas (fi), eloisa (fi), kiihkeä (fi)
• French: courageux (fr)
• Irish: cróga (ga), crógach (ga), cróganta (ga)

• Jèrriais: èrpétilyi
• Scottish Gaelic: misneachail (gd)

Anagrams

• riptides, tide rips