poor-spirited

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Poor´-spir`it`ed

Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.

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Adj.

poor-spirited - lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

pusillanimous, unmanly

cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

Translations

poor-spirited [ˈpʊəˈspɪrɪtɪd] ADJ → apocado, mezquino

poor-spirited

adj person → ängstlich

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poor poorness pusillanimous shouse unmanly			But repressed vexation at his son's poor-spirited behavior found expression in his treatment of his daughter. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context I suppose I'm a poor-spirited creature, but that is how I feel. Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context He larked with the midshipmen, played single-stick with the mates, ran up the shrouds like a boy, sang a comic song one night to the amusement of the whole party assembled over their grog after supper, and rendered himself so gay, lively, and amiable that even Captain Bragg, who thought there was nothing in his passenger, and considered he was a poor-spirited feller at first, was constrained to own that the Major was a reserved but well-informed and meritorious officer. Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context			poor poor box poor boy Poor Clares poor devil poor farm poor fish Poor heart poor law poor man's orange poor man's orchid poor man's pulse Poor man's treacle poor man's weatherglass poor mouth poor people poor person poor rate poor rates poor relation Poor soldier poor speller poor white poor white trash Poor-john poor-spirited Poor-will Poor-willie Poorbox poorhouse poori poorish Poorliness poorly Poorly off poormouth poorness poort poortith poorwill Pooterish pootle poove POP pop art pop at pop back pop bottle pop concert Pop corn pop fly			Poor soldier poor speller Poor sport Poor sportsmanship Poor Surgical Candidate Poor Urban Biker poor usage poor visiblity Poor Wandering One poor white poor white poor white trash poor white trash poor whites poor whites Poor Wizard's Almanac Poor, Henry Varnum poor-boy sandwich poor-boy sandwiches Poor-house Poor-house Poor-houses Poor-houses Poor-john Poor-man's-orchid Poor-man's-orchid poor-mouth poor-mouthed poor-mouthing poor-mouths poor-spirited Poor-will Poor-willie Pooram Poorams Poorbox poorer poorer poorer poorest poorest poorest Poorest Areas Civil Society poorhouse poorhouse poorhouse Poorhouses Poorhouses poori poori pooris poorish Poorland Daisy Poorliness poorly poorly advised Poorly Controlled Insulin-Dependent Diabetes poorly defined poorly differentiated Poorly Differentiated Carcinoma Poorly Differentiated Endocrine Carcinoma

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