poor-spirited
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of poor-spirited
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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And to appear poor-spirited in her eyes, too! and to see the others stare at times, and to be aware of quiet glances exchanged, and of meaning eyes!
From The Reckoning by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
They must be a poor-spirited set to let her lord it over everybody.
From A Fortunate Term by Brazil, Angela
Anyway, the mixture of painting and embroidery is not to be endured; and it is a poor-spirited embroidress who will thus confess her weakness and call on painting to help her out.
From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary
You are inclined to despise anybody so poor-spirited as to settle down and live in such a climate.
From A "Y Girl in France Letters of Katherine Shortall by Shortall, Katherine
Along the coast of Guiana and Venezuela they again came across the gentle Arawak and ferocious Carib, the latter making himself respected everywhere, while his poor-spirited fellow-countryman was alternately caressed and plundered.
From The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Rodway, James
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