poor-spirited

[ poor-spir-i-tid ]

adjective

1. having or showing a poor, cowardly, or abject spirit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of poor-spirited¹

First recorded in 1655–65

Example Sentences

But he was a poor-spirited sort of man, and never worked up his lead.

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He had been treated as a poor-spirited young gentleman because he had not run away already.

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That savage man Arcas scoffed at Medea’s counsel and Medea’s charm, saying that the Argonauts had become poor-spirited indeed when they had to depend upon a girl’s help.

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If a brother is attached to his brother and does not quarrel with him, is he therefore poor-spirited?

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They must be a poor-spirited set to let her lord it over everybody.

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