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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.

See also

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