low-spiritednessn.

Brit.

/ˌləʊˈspɪrᵻtᵻdnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌloʊˈspɪrᵻdᵻdnᵻs/

Forms: see low-spirited adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: low-spirited adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < low-spirited adj. + -ness suffix. Compare high-spiritedness n. at high-spirited adj. Derivatives and later spiritedness n.

The condition of being low-spirited; spec. (a) cowardice (now rare); (b) depression, dejection.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > base cowardice

wickedness1487

dastardness1519

currishness1542

dastardliness1561

dastardy1588

poltroonery1590

beggar-fear1597

dastardice1603

poorness1625

low-spiritedness1641

poltroonism1644

sheepiness1663

cravenness1850

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun]

unlustOE

sorrowfulnessa1250

heavinessc1275

elengenessec1320

dullnessc1369

tristourc1380

murknessc1390

tristesse1390

faintness1398

ungladnessa1400

droopingc1400

heavity14..

dejectionc1450

terne?a1513

disconsolation1515

descence1526

marea1529

sadness?1537

dumpishness1548

unblessedness1549

dolorousness1553

ruefulness?1574

dolefulness1586

heartlessness1591

languishment1591

mopishness1598

soul-sickness1603

contristation1605

damp1606

gloominess1607

sableness1607

uncheerfulnessa1617

disconsolateness1624

cheerlessnessa1631

dejectedness1633

droopingness1635

disanimation1637

lowness1639

desponsion1641

disconsolacy1646

despondency1653

dispiritedness1654

chagrin1656

demission1656

jawfall1660

weightedness1660

depression1665

disconsolancy1665

grumness1675

despondence1676

despond1678

disheartenednessa1680

glumness1727

low1727

gloom1744

low-spiritedness1754

blue devils1756

black dog1776

humdudgeon1785

blue devilism1787

dispiritude1797

wishtnessc1800

downheartedness1801

blue-devilage1816

dispiritment1827

downcastness1827

depressiveness1832

dolorosity1835

lugubriosity1840

disconsolance1847

down1856

heavy-heartedness1860

lugubriousness1879

sullenness1885

low key1886

melancholia1896

burn-out1903

mokus1924

downness1927

mopiness1927

deflation1933

wallow1934

1641 J. Goodwin Serm. Funerall Mrs. Abbott in Christians Engagem. for Gospell 313 To perswade you to raise your labours and indeavours for heaven to the highest, and to abhorre and tremble at all loosenesse, and low-spiritednesse.

1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox vii. 145 Our low-spiritedness stretched out the neck to this blow.

1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 78 Nor shou'd I..charge 'em with Meanness and Insufficiency on the account of this low-spiritedness which they discover.

1754 E. Carter Let. 14 Feb. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 351 The low spiritedness..of which you complain, assures me you cannot be well.

1812 Monthly Mag. Dec. 410/1 The reverse of low-spiritedness is gaiety.

1882 Cent. Mag. July 464/1 A low-spiritedness, not to say a hopelessness, pervades all his remarks.

1917 Sewanee Rev. 25 290 The sin of such low-spiritedness is..that it is dead weight upon the progress of the world.

2008 Financial Adviser (Nexis) 5 June Once cooperation is low among the troops the low spiritedness will spread throughout the building like wildfire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	low-spiritedness
释义	low-spiritednessn. Brit. /ˌləʊˈspɪrᵻtᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌloʊˈspɪrᵻdᵻdnᵻs/ Forms: see low-spirited adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: low-spirited adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < low-spirited adj. + -ness suffix. Compare high-spiritedness n. at high-spirited adj. Derivatives and later spiritedness n. The condition of being low-spirited; spec. (a) cowardice (now rare); (b) depression, dejection. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > base cowardice wickedness1487 dastardness1519 currishness1542 dastardliness1561 dastardy1588 poltroonery1590 beggar-fear1597 dastardice1603 poorness1625 low-spiritedness1641 poltroonism1644 sheepiness1663 cravenness1850 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] unlustOE sorrowfulnessa1250 heavinessc1275 elengenessec1320 dullnessc1369 tristourc1380 murknessc1390 tristesse1390 faintness1398 ungladnessa1400 droopingc1400 heavity14.. dejectionc1450 terne?a1513 disconsolation1515 descence1526 marea1529 sadness?1537 dumpishness1548 unblessedness1549 dolorousness1553 ruefulness?1574 dolefulness1586 heartlessness1591 languishment1591 mopishness1598 soul-sickness1603 contristation1605 damp1606 gloominess1607 sableness1607 uncheerfulnessa1617 disconsolateness1624 cheerlessnessa1631 dejectedness1633 droopingness1635 disanimation1637 lowness1639 desponsion1641 disconsolacy1646 despondency1653 dispiritedness1654 chagrin1656 demission1656 jawfall1660 weightedness1660 depression1665 disconsolancy1665 grumness1675 despondence1676 despond1678 disheartenednessa1680 glumness1727 low1727 gloom1744 low-spiritedness1754 blue devils1756 black dog1776 humdudgeon1785 blue devilism1787 dispiritude1797 wishtnessc1800 downheartedness1801 blue-devilage1816 dispiritment1827 downcastness1827 depressiveness1832 dolorosity1835 lugubriosity1840 disconsolance1847 down1856 heavy-heartedness1860 lugubriousness1879 sullenness1885 low key1886 melancholia1896 burn-out1903 mokus1924 downness1927 mopiness1927 deflation1933 wallow1934 1641 J. Goodwin Serm. Funerall Mrs. Abbott in Christians Engagem. for Gospell 313 To perswade you to raise your labours and indeavours for heaven to the highest, and to abhorre and tremble at all loosenesse, and low-spiritednesse. 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox vii. 145 Our low-spiritedness stretched out the neck to this blow. 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 78 Nor shou'd I..charge 'em with Meanness and Insufficiency on the account of this low-spiritedness which they discover. 1754 E. Carter Let. 14 Feb. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 351 The low spiritedness..of which you complain, assures me you cannot be well. 1812 Monthly Mag. Dec. 410/1 The reverse of low-spiritedness is gaiety. 1882 Cent. Mag. July 464/1 A low-spiritedness, not to say a hopelessness, pervades all his remarks. 1917 Sewanee Rev. 25 290 The sin of such low-spiritedness is..that it is dead weight upon the progress of the world. 2008 Financial Adviser (Nexis) 5 June Once cooperation is low among the troops the low spiritedness will spread throughout the building like wildfire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1641
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