IN LOW SPIRITS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in low spirits mean? 

• IN LOW SPIRITS (adverb)
  The adverb IN LOW SPIRITS has 1 sense:

1. in a dejected manner

  Familiarity information: IN LOW SPIRITS used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IN LOW SPIRITS (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a dejected manner

Synonyms:

dejectedly; in low spirits

Context example:

when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen

 Context examples 

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient say, or act as if he/she is sad or in low spirits?

(NPI - Say, or Act as if He/She is Sad or in Low Spirits, NCI Thesaurus)

“Oh, you are in low spirits, Mr. Micawber,” said Traddles.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Well, I thought over the matter all day, and by evening I was in low spirits again; for I had quite persuaded myself that the whole affair must be some great hoax or fraud, though what its object might be I could not imagine.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Peggotty was naturally in low spirits at leaving what had been her home so many years, and where the two strong attachments of her life—for my mother and myself—had been formed.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)