spiritedness

Noun

• quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
• The property of being spirited, of having spirit.

Examples

• At the end of a ride I appreciate this horse's stamina, but at the beginning of the ride I could do without his excessive spiritedness.
• I can't stand her mean-spiritedness. She won't even find time to visit her grandmother in hospital.

Synonyms

animation, brio, invigoration, vivification

Related Words

high-spiritedness, low-spiritedness, poor-spiritedness