A spiritless reply to criticism. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a spiritless reply to criticism. From Dictionary.com.
Clinton reassured Cornwallis that he faced only 2000 regular Continentals, plus a small body of ill-armed "spiritless" "peasantry". From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
1781, Clinton reassured Cornwallis that he faced only 2000 regular Continentals, plus a small body of ill-armed "spiritless" "peasantry". From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
But I was too spiritless, then, to dare a refusal. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
What a cowardly and spiritless fellow for a soldier!. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
The words were spiritless; they brought no conviction. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
What could ail the lad to be so changed, so spiritless?. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
To the new-comer they looked pasty-faced, spiritless beings. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland Cousins] Reference
And on the beams the swallows perch, excessive spiritless and staid. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
I saw last night that you were quite spiritless and lacking in heart!. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
To be languid is to be courteous domestic doubtful spiritless jolly 76 77. From Wordnik.com. [Stanford Achievement Test, Ed. 1922 Advanced Examination, Form A, for Grades 4-8] Reference
He could hardly credit a victory that left him so bruised and spiritless. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
Prayer, as fine a model of impressive English as exists -- was spiritless. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
As a work of art it is singularly spiritless, and devoid of merit of any kind. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
Sometimes there is a spiritless sigh, a petty complaint, an impatient scolding. From Wordnik.com. [The Waiting Room] Reference
But he said, in that tone of spiritless humility these poor souls learn so soon. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863] Reference
Nor did Washington see how corrupt and spiritless our South Vietnamese allies were. From Wordnik.com. [The War Without End] Reference
It would have been wholly inept and spiritless to transfer this from Gunnar to Attila. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
Positive strength, with positive faults, is much better than spiritless inoffensiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
She seemed spiritless, and the charming face held a gravity that was quite foreign to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
He seemed unable to disengage himself and at length replied in a wearied and spiritless tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
Again, the popularity of these tame, spiritless books is no conclusive evidence of their merit. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860] Reference
The tension of Ann's nerves relaxed, giving place to a spiritless acceptance of the inevitable. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
The opposition for the most part was tame and spiritless, whence Burke calls it, -- "a tedious session.". From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
These things sent us home sad and spiritless, notwithstanding the agreeable scenes we had been riding among. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
It would have given his most spiritless followers the pith to run till morning across a strand of rock and pebble. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
After a long time he got up, went out into the wash-kitchen in a spiritless way, and did not return again that night. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864] Reference
He would imbibe of beauty more in a breath, a glance, than I can pour into his soul in pages of spiritless delineation. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843] Reference
The undercurrent of Elizabeth's thoughts as she listened to the spiritless tale was, "but John's so different from pa.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
For if thou aim at nothing beyond the mere delight of it, or gaining some scrap of knowledge, thou art but a poor, spiritless knave. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Sayings of Epictetus] Reference
It would have seemed to a stranger that, for a woman who had freely chosen a companion for life, she was amazingly spiritless and sombre. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867] Reference
If this scene, as Cagnolo says, ended the dramatic performances we are forced to conclude that they were exceedingly dull and spiritless. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
Rosanna was not a spiritless child, but every day and all day her life slipped on in its dull groove and she did not know how to get out. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day] Reference
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