Definition of In high spirits

1. Adjective. Happy and excited and energetic.

Exact synonyms: High
Similar to: Elated
Derivative terms: High

Definition of In high spirits

1. Adverb. Cheerful, happy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of In High Spirits

in good taste(p)
in good time
in great confusion
in gross
in hand
in hand(p)
in harmony
in haste
in heat
in heaven's name
in height(p)
in her own right
in her right mind(p)
in hiding
in high dudgeon
in high spirits (current term)
in his own right
in his right mind(p)
in hospital
in hot pursuit
in house
in infinite
in infinitum
in irons
in its infancy
in its own right
in jail
in jest
in kind
in labor(p)

Literary usage of In high spirits

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southern Literary Messenger (1858)
"Sumpter. The full execution of,this enterprise ensured to us all our wishes. The troops moved off in high spirits, ..."

2. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"The king in high spirits. Letter to Washington on the paper circulation of France and the general anarchy. The Bishop of Autun to go to England. ..."

3. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"The king was in high spirits during the progress of the game, and indulged in a number of jokes at the expense of his brother king; but the dark hints which ..."

4. The Diary and Letters of His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson ... Captain by Thomas Hutchinson (1884)
"At Philadelphia, by a vessel the middle of March, they were in high spirits, the January mail being arrived, encouraged them they would have everything they ..."

5. Anne Boleyn: A Chapter of English History, 1527-1536 by Paul Friedmann (1884)
"... to obtain from Paul III. a reversal of the sentence given by Pope Clement.1 The English opponents of Henry's policy were 'dinner now in high spirits. ..."

6. Southern Literary Messenger (1858)
"Sumpter. The full execution of,this enterprise ensured to us all our wishes. The troops moved off in high spirits, ..."

7. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"The king in high spirits. Letter to Washington on the paper circulation of France and the general anarchy. The Bishop of Autun to go to England. ..."

8. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson (1854)
"The king was in high spirits during the progress of the game, and indulged in a number of jokes at the expense of his brother king; but the dark hints which ..."

9. The Diary and Letters of His Excellency Thomas Hutchinson ... Captain by Thomas Hutchinson (1884)
"At Philadelphia, by a vessel the middle of March, they were in high spirits, the January mail being arrived, encouraged them they would have everything they ..."

10. Anne Boleyn: A Chapter of English History, 1527-1536 by Paul Friedmann (1884)
"... to obtain from Paul III. a reversal of the sentence given by Pope Clement.1 The English opponents of Henry's policy were 'dinner now in high spirits. ..."

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