Definitions for animated

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animated an·i·mat·ed

Spelling: [an-uh-mey-tid]

IPA: /ˈæn əˌmeɪ tɪd/

Animated is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 355 anagrams from letters in animated (aadeimnt).

Definitions for animated

adjective

1. full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous:
2. made or equipped to move or give the appearance of moving in an animallike fashion:
3. containing representations of animals or mechanical objects that appear to move as real ones do:
4. alive; possessing life:
5. lively:
6. of or relating to animal life.
7. able to move voluntarily.
8. Linguistics. belonging to a syntactic category or having a semantic feature that is characteristic of words denoting beings regarded as having perception and volition (opposed to inanimate).

verb (used with object)

1. to give life to; make alive:
2. to make lively, vivacious, or vigorous; give zest or spirit to:
3. to fill with courage or boldness; encourage:
4. to move or stir to action; motivate:
5. to give motion to:
6. to render or produce (a story, character, movie, etc.) by using animation:

Origin of animated

First recorded in 1525-35; animate + -ed²

Examples for animated

One wonders if his subsequent battles with the “Evil Empire” were animated by this belief.

It is the most animated this Downton Abbey fan has ever seen Lady Grantham.

For a time our coffee made us chatty, and our conversation was animated.

We animated them in white on a black background then burned them into the rest of the animation.

But Camilla's letter had, as we have seen, raised his courage and animated his heart.

After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”

Decades ago, the writer-director wrote an episode of the animated comedy that never was.

The Redistribution Bill was carried, January, 1885, after animated debate.

The proceedings began with some animated discussion, all tending one way.

What is the mean temperature, Mr. Clawbonny, of animated beings?