"out of spirits" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} out of spirits, {{en-PP}} out of spirits
  1. Feeling discouraged or melancholy. Categories (topical): Emotions Related terms: out of sorts
    Sense id: en-out_of_spirits-en-prep_phrase-S46hc~mW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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