Definition of spirits
noun:
- an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented. Synonyms: John Barleycorn, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, liquor, strong drink.
- the vital principle or animating force within living things. Synonyms: spirit.
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him", "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting", "it had the smell of treason". Synonyms: feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell, spirit, tone.
- a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character. Synonyms: spirit.
- any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings. Synonyms: disembodied spirit, spirit.
- 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". Synonyms: emotional state, spirit.
- the intended meaning of a communication. Synonyms: intent, purport, spirit.
- animation and energy in action or expression; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it". Synonyms: life, liveliness, spirit, sprightliness.
- an inclination or tendency of a certain kind; "he had a change of heart". Synonyms: heart, spirit.
verb:
- infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up". Synonyms: inspirit, spirit, spirit up.
Related words
airiness, akvavit, alacrity, apparition, aquavit, arak, arrack, banshee, banshie, bitters, brandy, braveness, bravery, breeziness, briskness, buoyancy, control, courage, courageousness, cowardice, cowardliness, delicacy, djinn, djinni, djinny, ebullience, ecstasy, elan, embarrassment, energy, enthusiasm, esprit, exaltation, exuberance, familiar, fantasm, felicity, firewater, genie, gin, ginger, gratification, happiness, jauntiness, jinnee, jinni, kachina, lacing, mescal, muscularity, numen, ouzo, pep, peppiness, peri, pertness, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, presence, psyche, python, rapture, raptus, rum, satisfaction, schnapps, schnaps, silvan, smartness, soul, specter, spectre, state, sylvan, tequila, thunderbird, transport, unhappiness, vigor, vigour, vim, vodka, whiskey, whisky, zombi, zombie.
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