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out of spirits

ADJECTIVE

subdued

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hushed low-key mellow muted restrained sober solemn unobtrusive

STRONG

chastened dejected dim domesticated grave moderated repressed shaded softened tempered

WEAK

crestfallen domestic down in the mouth downcast inobtrusive neutral repentant sad serious soft submissive subtle tasteful toned-down

Antonyms

STRONG

cheerful happy

WEAK

aroused boisterous communicative excited roused talkative uncontrolled

Example Sentences

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Lady Catherine observed, after dinner, that Miss Bennet seemed out of spirits, and immediately accounting for it herself, by supposing that she did not like to go home again so soon, she added:

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

“You seem out of spirits today, Lady Kaltain.”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

There, pale and exhausted and entirely out of spirits, Graham turned quickly on his brother.

From The Sins of the Children A Novel by Hamilton, Cosmo

I was much pained to see you out of spirits the other night.

From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas

Tennyson was sitting in a chair with his leg up, evidently ill and out of spirits.

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various

out of spirits

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