animated
full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous: an animated debate on the death penalty.
made or equipped to move or give the appearance of moving in an animallike fashion: animated puppets.
containing representations of animals or mechanical objects that appear to move as real ones do: an animated window display.
Origin of animated
1Other words from animated
- an·i·mat·ed·ly, adverb
- non·an·i·mat·ed, adjective
- o·ver·an·i·mat·ed, adjective
- o·ver·an·i·mat·ed·ly, adverb
- sem·i·an·i·mat·ed, adjective
- un·an·i·mat·ed, adjective
- un·an·i·mat·ed·ly, adverb
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How to use animated in a sentence
Madam Dupin, amiable as she was, was serious and unanimated; I found nothing in her manners sufficiently alluring to embolden me.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques RousseauIt fronts toward Broadway and the side streets alike are cold, impassive, unanimated.
The Romance of a Great Store | Edward HungerfordThe only person of the company who seemed unanimated with the general satisfaction was Mr. Thomas Clarke.
The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves | Tobias SmollettCould such vehement emotions have been excited in the unanimated breast of a clod of literature?
Calamities and Quarrels of Authors | Isaac Disraeli
British Dictionary definitions for animated
/ (ˈænɪˌmeɪtɪd) /
full of vivacity and spirit; lively
characterized by movement and activity: an animated scene met her eye
possessing life; animate
moving or appearing to move as if alive: an animated display
pertaining to cinematographic animation
Derived forms of animated
- animatedly, adverb
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