to spirit up
3
7.0
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
animar
- "She lost everything in that tornado, but she kept her spirits up."
- keep spirits up
And, you know, I, I, I used to give a class and at UCLA called Keeping your spirits up for creative people.
- And, you know, I, I, I used to give a class and at UCLA called Keeping your spirits up for creative people.
- I had just relapsed and you called me back then and talked with me, kind of lifting my spirits up.
Examples
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There were times that were really hard, but Carol and her staff always kept my spirits up.
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Throughout her treatment, her husband kept her spirits up by bringing her favorite books.
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You need to keep your spirits up.
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I think it's great how you manage to keep your spirits up.
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Anyway, I hope you guys are, you know, staying safe and having a good routine and keeping your spirits up as best you can.
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I'm trying to keep my spirits up.
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She's just trying to keep her spirits up.
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We have to keep our spirits up, so we don't think about being tired.
Fiction book (2001) -
I know a lot of you have been watching mine and Mark's vlogs over the past couple of weeks just to keep your spirits up, which I love.
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Jamie, losing's never fun, but here's something to pick your spirits up.
Synonyms
392
1.0
To make someone feel happier
234
1.4
To feel happier after being sad or to make someone feel happier
215
3.7
To help someone become better off or more confident
70
4.1
Make people feel excited and ready to act
66
3.9
To make or become more active and interesting
28
4.1
Make someone feel excited and full of energy
23
3.2
To make someone feel happier and more hopeful
19
3.7
To make someone feel happier and more hopeful
19
5.7
To give new energy and interest to a person or thing
17
2.7
Make a room or person more cheerful
16
3.1
Become more lively and cheerful after feeling tired or sad
14
6.3
To become or make someone more cheerful and confident
13
5.5
Make someone feel happier or more confident
8
3.9
To make someone feel happier
5
3.7
Make people feel more confident and positive
3
4.1
To give new energy and enthusiasm to a person or thing
3
4.1
Make someone or something more lively and interesting
3
5.6
To make someone feel very excited about something
1
3.9
To make someone feel happier when they are sad
1
6.8
To make someone feel lively, brave, or full of energy
1
3.4
Help someone feel happier
To make someone feel more cheerful and confident
To give someone energy, courage, or determination
To make someone feel brave and excited
To give help to someone or something to make them stronger
Make an event like a party more lively and exciting
To try to make someone feel happier when they are sad
To make someone feel happier or more lively
Antonyms
How Encouraging
837
3.2
∞
2.3
- Informal
3
7.0
- Informal
234
1.4
- Informal
16
3.1
319
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to encourage or enliven someone' is directly composed from 'spirit' (to imbue with liveliness/courage) plus the particle 'up' (to raise/increase), following a standard verb+particle pattern. This transparent compositional logic is cross-linguistically common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Spirit up comes from the simple image of lifting someone's energy: spirit is their mood or liveliness and up means to raise it. So to spirit up someone is 'to encourage' or 'to boost someone's morale' by making them feel more lively.