spirits

/ˈspɪrɪt/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈspɪrɪt/

spirits

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

spi - rits -> spirits

Myanmar meaning

(n[pl]) စိတ်များ

Full entry

spirit /'spÇrÇt / n

၁။ [U, C] စိတ်။ ဝိညာဉ်။
He is troubled in spirit/His spirit is troubled. ❍ (infml ) I might go for a run if the spirit moves me (ie if I feel like it).
၂။ [C] ဝိညာဉ်။ လိပ်ပြာ။ the spirits of the dead ❍ He is dead, but his spirit lives on. ❍ It was believed that people could be possessed by evil spirits. See also THE HOLY SPIRIT.
၃။ [C] (dated ) နတ်၊ တစ္ဆေ၊ မှင်စာ စသည်။
၄။ [C] (ရဲရင့်သော၊ ရက်ရောသော၊ တွန့်တိုသော၊ ဦးစီးဦးဆောင် ပြုသော စသည်) ပုဂ္ဂိုလ်။ a brave/proud/generous/mean/free spirit ❍ kindred spirits ❍ one of the leading spirits of the reform movement.
၅။ [U] (ရဲရင့်တက်ကြွသော) စိတ်ဓာတ်၊ အားမာန်။ show a little fighting spirit ❍ break sb's spirit (ie destroy sb's will, independence, etc) ❍ Although they lost, the team played with tremendous spirit.
၆။ [U, sing] (အသိုင်းအဝိုင်း၊ အဖွဲ့အစည်းအပေါ် ရိုင်းပင်းလိုသော) စိတ်။ They have (an) amazing team spirit. ❍ There's not much community spirit round here. See also PUBLIC SPIRIT.
၇။ [sing] စိတ်။ စိတ်ဓာတ်။ do sth in a spirit of fun/mischief ❍ approach sth in the wrong/right spirit ❍ ‘OK, I'll try. ’ ‘That's the spirit (ie the right attitude). ’ ❍ The party was successful because everyone entered into the spirit of the thing.
၈။ (က) [sing] စိတ်ဓာတ်။ the spirit of the times ❍ the pioneer spirit ❍ the Christmas spirit. (ခ) [U] ဆိုလိုရင်း။ အနှစ်သာရ။ obey the spirit, not the letter (ie the narrow meaning of the words) of the law.
၉။ (က) [C usu pl ] (esp Brit ) အရက်။ I don't drink whisky or brandy or any other spirits.
(ခ) [U] အရက်ပြန်။ insects preserved in spirit. See also METHYLATED SPIRITS, SURGICAL SPIRIT, WHITE SPIRIT
၁၀။ spirits [pl] စိတ်ဓာတ်။ in high spirits
(ie cheerful) ❍ in low/poor spirits (ie sad or depressed) ❍ raise sb's spirits (ie make sb more cheerful) ❍ A glass of brandy will help you to keep your spirits up.
❏ in spirit [IDM ] စိတ်နှလုံးအားဖြင့်။ I shall be with you in spirit (ie thinking about you though not with you physically).
❏ spirit sb/sth away/off [PHRV ] မ, ထုတ်သွားသည်။ The band were spirited away at the end of the concert before their fans could get near them.
❏ spirited /'spÇrÇtÇd / adj မာန်ပါသော။ အသက်ပါသော။ တက်ကြွသော။ a spirited attack/reply/conversation ❍ a spirited horse.
❏ -spirited ( forming compound adjs) စိတ်နေစိတ်ထား ရှိသော။ mean-spirited ❍ high-spirited children.
❏ spiritedly adv တက်တက်ကြွကြွ။ မာန်ပါပါ။
❏ the spirit is willing (but the flesh is weak) (saying ) စိတ်သာရှိသည် (အတ္တဘောကမလိုက်နိုင်/ သွေးသားကို မလွန်ဆန် နိုင်)။
❏ spiritless adj
၁။ စိတ်ဓာတ်ကျ [သော]။ စိတ်အားငယ်[သော]။ The old man seemed dejected and spiritless.
၂။ အသက် မပါသော။ စိတ်မပါသော။
❏ spirit-level (also level) n (လက်သမားသုံး)ရေချိန်။

Synonyms

strength, courage, character, guts, will, strength of mind, force, fortitude, moral fiber, determination, chutzpah, heart, mettle, abduct, air, animation, apparition, ardor, atmosphere, attitude, backbone, boldness, breath, chi, complexion, dauntlessness, disposition, earnestness, eidolon, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, essence, feeling, fire, frame of mind, gameness, genius, ghost, ghoul, gist, grit, humor, inner self, intent, intention, jazz, kidnap, life, life force, liveliness, meaning, mood, morale, motivation, nature, nerve, oomph, outlook, personality, phantasm, phantom, poltergeist, psyche, purport, purpose, quality, remove, resolution, resolve, sense, shade, shadow, soul, sparkle, specter, spook, sprite, spunk, steal, stoutheartedness, substance, supernatural being, take away, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, timbre, tone, umbra, vigor, vision, vital spark, vitality, warmth, whisk off, willpower, wraith, zest

Antonyms

apathy, being, body, brightness, cowardice, discouragement, dullness, fear, idleness, inactivity, indifference, lethargy, light, powerlessness, reality, timidity, weakness