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sprightliness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sprightliness

the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity

the sprightliness of the young girl made us tired just watching her

Synonyms of sprightliness

animation, briskness, exuberance, jazziness, liveliness, lustiness, peppiness, robustness, vibrance, vibrancy, vigorousness, vitality

Words Related to sprightliness

buoyancy, jauntiness, springiness

brightness, cheer, cheerfulness, chirpiness, effervescence, friskiness, pizzazz (or pizazz), sparkle, spirit, verve, vivaciousness, vivacity

eagerness, ebullience, ebulliency, enthusiasm, keenness, spiritedness

friskiness, impishness, pertness, playfulness

Near Antonyms of sprightliness

indolence, laziness

anemia, bloodlessness

languidness, languor, lethargy, limpness, listlessness, sleepiness, sluggishness, spiritlessness, torpidity, torpor, weariness

apathy, impassivity

dullness (also dulness), pallidness, tediousness, tedium, vapidity, vapidness

Antonyms of sprightliness

inactivity, lifelessness

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