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Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean-spirited; sneaking. Shak.

A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.

Bold; spirited; showy. The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. T. Campbell.

Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance. -- De*ject"ed*ly, adv. -- De*ject"ed*ness, n.

Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.

will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view. I should despair, or at least despond. Scott's Letters. Others depress their own minds, [and] despond at the first difficulty. Locke. We wish that . . . desponding patriotism may t…

Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. -- De*spond"ent*ly, adv.

Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. Dryden.…

A state of being dismayed; dejection of courage; dispiritedness.

prive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. Collier.

Dejected; low-spirited.

To grow weak or faint with disappointment, grief, or like causes; to be dispirited or depressed; to languish; as, her spirits drooped. I'll animate the soldier's drooping courage. Addison.

To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. [Obs.] It faints me to think what follows. Shak.

Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited. One curbed the fiery steed. Dryden.

A lively, spirited young girl. [Colloq.] Addison.

Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.

Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer. That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. Shak. The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave. Waller.

In a plucky manner; spiritedly.

which are popularly reregarded as belonging to high birth; noble; honorable; magnanimous; spirited; courageous. "The generous critic." Pope. "His generous spouse." Pope. "A generous pack [of hounds]." Addison.

High-spirited; fearless. [Obs.] Clarendon.