animated

B1
US /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ.tɪd/
adj verb Freq #16205

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    having life or vigor or spirit

    an animated and expressive face

  2. 2
    adj

    made to appear to move as living creatures do

    an animated cartoon

  3. 3
    adj

    Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.

    an animated discussion

  4. 4
    adj

    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.

  5. 5
    adj

    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

  6. 6
    verb

    simple past and past participle of animate

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · having life or vigor or spirit alive
3 adj · full of life or spirit;... brisk
4 adj · endowed with life. animate
5 adj · composed of inanimate... claymated
Word family
Derived forms anicomanimatedlyanimatednesshyperanimatedinanimatednonanimatedunanimatedunderanimated

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