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Meanings of
poor-spirited
in English
Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful.
unmanly
pusillanimous
Related terms
fearful
cowardly
Synonyms
Examples for "
unmanly
"
unmanly
pusillanimous
Examples for "
unmanly
"
1
Thus stretched in
unmanly
indolence on their cushions, they feast on delicacies.
2
I call it
unmanly
to tease and quarrel, and contradict like that.
3
Soft, but with no
unmanly
softness; luxuriant, but with no unmannered luxury.
4
To slavishly follow others is, to say the least of it,
unmanly
.
5
O, it was impious; it was
unmanly
;
it was poor and pitiful!
1
The impulse that drove me from the scene was
pusillanimous
and cowardly.
2
The tone of the proclamation was so moderate as to seem
pusillanimous
.
3
They criticized vehemently their rulers' readiness to yield as
pusillanimous
and injudicious.
4
Did he reject the patriarchal order-likesome poor
pusillanimous
cry-babies among us?
5
But the
pusillanimous
policy which prompted the embargo survived its repeal.
Usage of
poor-spirited
in English
1
I am sure it is very
poor-spirited
to be afraid of dragons.
2
It would have been a
poor-spirited
company if there had been none.
3
After all, Jane was too
poor-spirited
a victim to afford long entertainment.
4
I should be a
poor-spirited
fool to stay where I'm not wanted.
5
I suppose I'm a
poor-spirited
creature, but that is how I feel.
6
There is no saying what advice some of these
poor-spirited
courtiers may give.
7
No matter how
poor-spirited
she seemed, if only she could move his sympathies.
8
Messer Gonzaga may be an idle lute-thrummer, a
poor-spirited
coward; but a traitor--!
9
Seems to be a
poor-spirited
sort of fellow from all accounts!
10
One of those
poor-spirited
creatures that can be content with the aftermath of love.
11
Yes, I am sadly
poor-spirited
and I have no excuse.
12
Are you so tame and so
poor-spirited
that a threat is to vanquish you?
13
But the poor in spirit are not the
poor-spirited
.
14
This woman was more mistress of the house than the
poor-spirited
lady who owned it.
15
I hope I am not so
poor-spirited
as that.
16
But I feel myself a
poor-spirited
fellow for it.
Other examples for "poor-spirited"
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poor-spirited
Adjective
Frequent collocations
poor-spirited creature
so poor-spirited
very poor-spirited
poor-spirited coward
poor-spirited fellow
More collocations
Poor-spirited
through the time
Poor-spirited
across language varieties
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