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spirits::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | booze, hard drink, hard liquor, john barleycorn, liquor, strong drink |
| Type of | alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant |
| Has types | arrack, bitters, brandy, firewater, gin, lacing, mescal, ouzo, rum, schnapps, schnaps, tequila, vodka, whiskey, akvavit, whisky, aqua vitae, aquavit, arak, ardent spirits |
| Derivation | spiritous, spirituous |
Examples of spirits
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Even the spirits of once relatively well-to-do Nowshera shopkeepers seem broken.
From the newsweek.com
Distillers and fruit growers will be on hand to present and discuss the spirits.
From the post-gazette.com
You can imagine the Norse spirits of Thor and Odin inhabiting these misty peaks.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He's in good spirits, but the chemotherapy and radiation have sapped his energy.
From the bostonherald.com
We were all free spirits, not earning much money but we were having a good time.
From the cairns.com.au
There's a wide selection of wines and spirits, perfumes, confectionery and toys.
From the mirror.co.uk
Dehumanising fetters the mind and lowers the spirits of the average wage-earner.
From the independent.co.uk
It's all to do with tricking the real evil spirits so they will leave you alone.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Like many spirits who have crossed over, they were trying to help, she explains.
From the ocregister.com
- The vital principle or animating force within living things
- Infuse with spirit; "The company spirited him up"
- 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"
- A fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character
- Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
- Emotional state: 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"
- The English word spirit (from Latin spiritus "breath") has many differing meanings and connotations, all of them relating to a non-corporeal substance contrasted with the material body. ...
- The first season of Alias premiered September 30, 2001 on ABC and concluded May 12, 2002 and was released on DVD in region 1 on September 2, 2003. Guest stars in season one include Sir Roger Moore, Terry O'Quinn, Quentin Tarantino, and Gina Torres.
- Spirit was an American jazz/hard rock/progressive rock/psychedelic band founded in 1967, based in Los Angeles, California.
