animated
Syllables: an·i·mated/ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ.tɪd/
animated adjective: full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely. Also the simple past and past participle of animate.
Adjective
animated (comparative more animated, superlative most animated)
- Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
- an animated discussion
- The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand...1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- brisk
- 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.1825, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection
- Synonyms:
- animate
- 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
- Synonyms:
- claymated
Also used as
animated is also the simple past and past participle of animate.
animated meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
animated in Hindi
- एनिमेटेड
animated in Marathi
- एनिमेटेड, अॅनिमेटेड
animated in Urdu
- اینیمیٹڈ, اینیمیٹ شدہ
animated in Bengali
- অ্যানিমেটেড, এনিমেটেড
More languagesFewer languages
- animated in Telugu
- యానిమేటెడ్, యానిమేషన్ చేయబడింది
- animated in Malayalam
- ആനിമേറ്റഡ്, ആനിമേറ്റുചെയ്ത
- animated in Kannada
- ಅನಿಮೇಟೆಡ್, ಆನಿಮೇಟೆಡ್
- animated in Punjabi
- ਐਨੀਮੇਟਡ, ਐਨੀਮੇਟਿਡ, ਐਨੀਮੇਟ ਕੀਤਾ
- animated in Gujarati
- એનિમેટેડ
- animated in Odia
- ଆନିମେଟେଡ୍, ଆନିମେଟେଡ, ଏନିମେଟେଡ୍
- animated in Nepali
- एनिमेटेड
Examples of animated in a sentence
- Some animated movies are not just for kids, they are family movies.
- The bogeyman of a Halloween-candy poisoner behind every door has animated occasional moral panics against trick-or-treating.
- There was a terrible animated logo on the splash page.
Synonyms of animated
Forms of animated
| comparative | more animated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most animated |
Words formed from animated
Phrases with animated
Questions about animated
- What does animated mean?
- Animated means full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
- What is animated in Hindi?
- Animated in Hindi is एनिमेटेड. See Animated meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is animated?
- Animated is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce animated?
- Animated is pronounced /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ.tɪd/.
Words near animated in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: animated (page history and authors); animated (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); animated (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); animated (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); animated (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); animated (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); animated (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); animated (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); animated (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); animated (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); animated (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); animated (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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