high-spirited adjective2 •Energetic, exuberant, or high-strung.Their poor mother was, I believe, naturally a lighthearted, sociable, high-spirited little creature; and her gay and childish nature pined in the isolation and gloom of her lot. — 1861 •Possessing a bold nature."She was as fine a figure of a woman as I was a man, as high-spirited and courageous, as reckless and dare-devilish." — 1918 formsmore high-spirited · most high-spirited