Animated

//ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ.tɪd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of animate form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.

    "an animated discussion"

  2. 2
    Endowed with life.

    "Throughout animated Nature, of each characteristic Organ and Faculty there exists a preassurance, an instinctive and practical anticipation; and no preassurance common to a whole species does in any instance prove delusive."

  3. 3
    Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that have the illusion of motion through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.

    "an animated film"

Adjective
  1. 1
    having life or vigor or spirit wordnet
  2. 2
    made to appear to move as living creatures do wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
enlivenedlivelymovingreanimatedbrightaboveground

Example

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"The students were animated by the agitator's appeal."

Related phrases

computer graphicsstop action

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