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low spirits

low spirits noun: a state of despondence or melancholy.

Noun

low spirits pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A state of despondence or melancholy.
    • After a week the search party was justifiably in low spirits.
    Antonyms:
    high spirits

Antonyms of low spirits

Questions about low spirits

What does low spirits mean?
Low spirits means a state of despondence or melancholy.
What part of speech is low spirits?
Low spirits is a noun.

Words near low spirits in the dictionary

  1. low side window
  2. low side windows
  3. low sides
  4. low sock
  5. low speed, high drag
  6. low spirits
  7. low steel
  8. low steels
  9. Low Street
  10. Low Sunday
  11. low surface brightness galaxies

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