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Meaning of out of spirits | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Feeling discouraged or melancholy.

Examples

“A party of natives in Tierra del Fuego endeavoured to explain⟳ to us that their friend, the captain of a sealing vessel, was out of spirits, by pulling down their cheeks with both hands, so as to make⟳ their faces as long as possible.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

out of spoons out of station out of step out of stock out of suits out of sync

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