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2 : full of courage : COURAGEOUS

Synonyms

active, animate, animated, brisk, energetic, frisky, lively, peppy, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious—more at LIVELY

fiery, high-spirited, mettlesome, peppery, spunky

Antonyms

spiritless

spir·it·less adjective : lacking animation, cheerfulness, or courage

Synonyms

enervated, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, limp, listless—more at LISTLESS

1spiritual adjective 1 : of, relating to, consisting of, or affecting the spirit : INCORPOREAL

2 : of or relating to sacred matters

3 : ecclesiastical rather than lay or temporal

— spir·i·tu·al·i·ty noun

— spir·i·tu·al·ize verb

— spir·i·tu·al·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] bodiless, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, nonmaterial, nonphysical, unsubstantial—more at IMMATERIAL

[2] devotional, religious, sacred—more at RELIGIOUS

2spiritual noun : a religious song originating among blacks of the southern U.S.

Synonyms

anthem, canticle, carol, chorale, hymn, psalm—more at HYMN

spir·i·tu·al·ism noun : a belief that spirits of the dead communicate with the living usu. through a medium

— spir·i·tu·al·ist noun, often cap

— spir·i·tu·al·is·tic adjective

spir·i·tu·ous adjective : containing alcohol

spi·ro·chete also spi·ro·chaete noun : any of an order of spirally undulating bacteria including those causing syphilis and Lyme disease

spirt variant of SPURT

1spit noun 1 : a thin pointed rod for holding meat over a fire

2 : a point of land that runs out into the water

Synonyms

arm, cape, headland, peninsula, point, promontory—more at CAPE

2spit verb spit·ted; spit·ting : to pierce with or as if with a spit

3spit verb spit or spat ; spit·ting 1 : to eject (saliva) from the mouth

2 : to express by or as if by spitting

3 : to rain or snow lightly

4spit noun 1 : a watery digestive secretion that is secreted into the mouth by salivary glands : SALIVA

2 : perfect likeness <~ and image of his father>

Synonyms

carbon copy, counterpart, double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, image, likeness, match, picture, replica, ringer—more at IMAGE

spit·ball noun 1 : paper chewed and rolled into a ball to be thrown as a missile

2 : a baseball pitch delivered after the ball has been moistened with saliva or sweat

1spite noun : ill will with a wish to annoy, anger, or frustrate : petty malice

— in spite of

: in defiance or contempt of : NOTWITHSTANDING

Synonyms

cattiness, despite, hatefulness, malice, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spleen, venom, viciousness—more at MALICE

2spite verb spit·ed; spit·ing : to treat maliciously : ANNOY, OFFEND

spite·ful adjective : filled with or showing spite

— spite·ful·ness noun

Synonyms

catty, cruel, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, virulent—more at HATEFUL

spite·ful·ly adverb : filled with or showing spite

Synonyms

hatefully, maliciously, meanly, nastily, viciously, wickedly—more at NASTILY

spit·tle noun : a watery digestive secretion that is secreted into the mouth by salivary glands : SALIVA

spit·tle·bug noun : any of a family of leaping insects with froth-secreting larvae that are related to aphids

spit·toon noun : a receptacle for spit

spit up verb : to disgorge (the contents of the stomach) through the mouth

Synonyms

gag, heave, throw up, vomit—more at VOMIT

splash verb 1 : to dash a liquid about

2 : to scatter a liquid on : SPATTER

3 : to fall, move, or strike with a splashing noise

— splash noun

Synonyms

[1] lap, plash, slosh, swash—more at SLOSH

[2] dash, plash, spatter; also drench, drown, impregnate, saturate, soak, sop, souse, steep; bathe, douse, wash, water, wet; throw; spray; slop, sprinkle; squirt

splash·down noun : the landing of a manned spacecraft in the ocean

— splash down verb

splashy adjective splash·i·er; -est : conspicuously showy : OSTENTATIOUS

splat·ter verb : to splash with or as if with a liquid : SPATTER

— splatter noun

1splay verb : to spread outward