spirit
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(verb) infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up" |
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Synonyms: inspirit, spirit up |
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Related Words: animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up |
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(noun) a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character |
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Related Words: bravery, character, courage, courageousness, cowardice, cowardliness, fiber, fibre |
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(noun) any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings |
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Related Words: apparition, banshee, control, djinni, djinny, evil spirit, familiar, familiar spirit, genie, jinnee, jinni, numen, peri, phantom, presence, silvan, specter, spectre, spiritual being, supernatural being, sylvan, thunderbird, zombi, zombi spirit, zombie, zombie spirit |
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(noun) the vital principle or animating force within living things |
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Related Words: life principle, psyche, soul, vital principle |
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(noun) the general atmosphere of a place or situation; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" |
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Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, look, smell, tone |
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Related Words: ambiance, ambience, atmosphere |
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(noun) an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart" |
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Synonyms: heart |
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Related Words: disposition, temperament |
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(noun) the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection); "his emotional state depended on her opinion"; "he was in good spirits"; "his spirit rose" |
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Synonyms: emotional state |
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Related Words: ecstasy, embarrassment, emotion, exaltation, felicity, gratification, happiness, rapture, satisfaction, state, transport, unhappiness |
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(noun) animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" |
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Synonyms: life, liveliness, sprightliness |
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Related Words: airiness, alacrity, animation, breeziness, briskness, buoyancy, delicacy, ebullience, elan, energy, enthusiasm, esprit, exuberance, ginger, high spirits, high-spiritedness, irrepressibility, jauntiness, pep, peppiness, resilience, resiliency, spiritedness, vigor, vigour, vim |
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(noun) the intended meaning of a communication |
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Synonyms: intent, purport |
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Related Words: import, meaning, significance, signification |
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