high spirits
Infectious cheerful energy
High spirits is a state of lively, cheerful energy—the mood of someone feeling particularly happy and animated.
The phrase usually describes buoyant enthusiasm rather than calm contentment: The children were in high spirits after the last day of school.
Someone in high spirits might be laughing, joking, or bouncing with excitement.
State of bright spirits
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
- mirthAmusement with laughter
lightheartedness · buoyancy · ebullience · exuberance · vivacity · joviality · merriment · joyfulness
Animated spirit or energy
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- livelinessAnimated, energetic quality
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
- vigorActive physical strength
zest · pep · verve · brio · sparkle · effervescence · dynamism · enthusiasm
Noisy, lively celebration
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
- convivialityWarm, sociable good cheer
partying · jubilee · carnival · fiesta · jamboree · whoopee · frolicking · wassail
Lighthearted, frisky spirit
- friskinessLively, playful energy
- boisterousnessNoisy, energetic enthusiasm
- rambunctiousnessNoisy, uncontrolled liveliness
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
horseplay · tomfoolery · romping · capering · frolicking · prancing · skipping · giggling
cheerfulness
State of bright spirits
- elationIntense triumphant joy
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
- gleeExuberant, often impish delight
mirth · lightheartedness · buoyancy · ebullience · exuberance · vivacity · joviality · merriment · joyfulness · gaiety
vivacity
Animated spirit or energy
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- livelinessAnimated, energetic quality
- vitalityCapacity for spirited existence
vigor · zest · pep · verve · brio · sparkle · effervescence · dynamism · enthusiasm · gusto
revelry
Noisy, lively celebration
- merrymakingLively, cheerful celebration
- festivityCelebratory occasion or mood
- carousingBoisterous drinking spree
conviviality · partying · jubilee · carnival · fiesta · jamboree · whoopee · frolicking · wassail · toast
playfulness
Lighthearted, frisky spirit
- friskinessLively, playful energy
- boisterousnessNoisy, energetic enthusiasm
- rambunctiousnessNoisy, uncontrolled liveliness
mischief · horseplay · tomfoolery · romping · capering · frolicking · prancing · skipping · giggling · laughing
- vitalityvitality, vigor, vim, verve, pep
- Highspeak, zenith, apex, pinnacle, acme
- playfulnessplay, frolic, romp, fun, mirth
- excitementexcitement, enthusiasm, eagerness, exhilaration, thrill
- festivitycelebration, merriment, revelry, jubilation, gaiety
- joyhappiness, gladness, joyfulness, elation, delight
high spiritslow spirits
Emotional state of sadness
depression · melancholy · dejection · despondency · despair
high, spirit, spirited, highly, higher, highest, spiritual, heighten, spirituality