high-spirited

high-spirited

1. ylväs, uskalias

Synonyymisanakirja

high-spirited

eloisa, vilkas, riemukas, ylenpalttinen, uskalias, elämäniloinen.

Sitaatit

• '''68.72.112.79:''' "Oletko valmistunut ''Smith N. Jones High School''ista?"'''Jimbo Wales:''' "En, he potkivat minut pois sen jälkeen, kun minulle sattui onneton välikohtaus Britannica-pinon kanssa... no, se on pitkä tarina. :-) Onko sinulla hauskaa?"
• Mielestäni Leningradissa vuonna 1986 pelaamamme shakin laatu oli ilmiömäisen korkea. En usko, että tämän päivän pelaajat voisivat ylittää sitä. Mielestäni se oli paras ottelu, jonka pelasimme, enkä usko että he saavuttavat sitä koskaan. Tämän päivän pelaajat tietävät enemmän jopa keskipelin asemista, koska he oppivat meiltä, mutta päätöksentekoprosessin taso ei missään tapauksessa ole sama.
• "Don't forget to bring a towel... you wanna get high?"

Rimmaavat sanat

high-spirited rimmaa näiden kanssa:

tweed, lied, LED...

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Englannin sanakirja

high-spirited englanniksi

1. Possessing a bold nature.

2. 1816, w:Sir Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott, The Black Dwarf, ch. 2:

The more high-spirited among the youth were, about the time that our narrative begins, expecting, rather with hope than apprehension, an opportunity of emulating their fathers in their military achievements.

3. 1918, w:Jack London|Jack London, "The Princess":

"She was as fine a figure of a woman as I was a man, as high-spirited and courageous, as reckless and dare-devilish."

4. energetic Energetic, exuberant, or high-strung.

5. 1861, w:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Ultor De Lacy: A Legend of Cappercullen, ch. 1:

Their poor mother was, I believe, naturally a lighthearted, sociable, high-spirited little creature; and her gay and childish nature pined in the isolation and gloom of her lot.

6. 1920, w:F. Scott Fitzgerald|F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Offshore Pirate":

Though she was nineteen she gave the effect of a high-spirited precocious child, and in the present glow of her youth and beauty all the men and women she had known were but driftwood on the ripples of her temperament.

7. 1950 Sept. 25, "http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,813364,00.html Music: Out of the Corner," Time:

Last week a group of four high-spirited folksters known as the Weavers had succeeded in shouting, twanging and crooning folk singing out of its cloistered corner.

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