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Poor-spirited   /pˈurspˈɪrɪtɪd/   Listen
Poor-spirited

adjective
1.
Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful.  Synonyms: pusillanimous, unmanly.






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"Poor-spirited" Quotes from Famous Books



... said Tom, and kicked him over, feeling humiliated as a sportsman to possess so poor-spirited an animal. Bob abstained from remark and passed on, choosing, however, to walk in the shallow edge of the overflowing river ...
— The Mill on the Floss • George Eliot

... among my friends a young Greek of the age of twenty-five years. He was extremely active in all physical exercises, and the best swordsman in Rome; rather poor-spirited, however, but loyal to the backbone; honest, and ready to believe what people told him. He had heard it said that the Pope made known his intention of compensating me for all I had gone through. It is true that the Pope began by saying so, but he ended by ...
— The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini • Benvenuto Cellini

... well, his purpose became clearer. Like the ant or the beaver that has seen its fabric destroyed, he must set patiently to work to reconstruct it. He suspected a poor-spirited element in this sort of courage; but his instinct forced him within his limitations. By dint of keeping there and toiling there he felt sure of his ability to get back to the top of the tower in such a way that no one would think he lacked ...
— The Wild Olive • Basil King



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