low-spirited
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Patients are low-spirited and very apprehensive of death.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
He was an angular swayback, leggy, low-spirited, thick-headed, and as fast as a caterpillar.
From Taking Chances by Clarence L. Cullen
He was a capital companion and never once showed that he was low-spirited or suffered in the least.”
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
As to dogs, those who respect the calves of their legs had best beware of the danger of applying this recipe to any but low-spirited animals.
From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Charles Hindley
Some time after, when it stormed very hard, and the young lady upstairs was cold and low-spirited, my mistress invited her down and entertained us with more of Tom's history.
From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Miranda Eliot Swan
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