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inspired

UK/ɪnˈspaɪəd//ɪnˈspaɪɹd/

inspired adjective: having excellence through inspiration. Also the simple past and past participle of inspire.

Adjective

inspired (comparative more inspired, superlative most inspired)

  1. Having excellence through inspiration.
    • The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded.
    • New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport
  2. Filled with inspiration or motivated.
    • The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece.
    • He was inspired to learn to fly.
  3. Infused with power or knowledge granted from a supernatural entity; possessing inspiration from the divine.
    • Korean shamans are thought to be capable of inspired speech, in which they convey the words of the gods.
    • The point which I wish to establish is this, that the whole prediction of the future establishment of the religion of the Gospel was an inspired prediction, a prediction answerable to the highest test of a supernatural prescience.1824, John Davidson, Discourses on Prophecy, in which are considered its structure, use, and inspiration: being the substance of twelve sermons preached in the chapel of Lincoln's Inn, London: John...
  4. Drawn into the lungs; inhaled.
  5. (obsolete) Inflated.

Also used as

inspired is also the simple past and past participle of inspire.

inspired meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

inspired in Hindi

प्रेरित

inspired in Tamil

உத்வேகம் பெற்றவர், உத்வேகம் அளித்தார், உத்வேகம் அளித்தது

inspired in Marathi

प्रेरणा मिळाली, प्रेरणा मिळते

inspired in Bengali

অনুপ্রাণিত
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inspired in Telugu
ప్రేరణ పొందింది, ప్రేరణనిచ్చింది, స్ఫూర్తినిచ్చింది
inspired in Malayalam
പ്രചോദനം നൽകി
inspired in Kannada
ಪ್ರೇರಣೆಯಾಯಿತು
inspired in Punjabi
ਪ੍ਰੇਰਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ, ਪ੍ਰੇਰਿਤ
inspired in Gujarati
પ્રેરિત
inspired in Odia
ଅନୁପ୍ରାଣିତ

Examples of inspired in a sentence

  • Her most recent works have this quirky, nonchalant aesthetic inspired by ’90s teen culture.
  • The music of George Gershwin’s Porgie and Bess was inspired in part by Gullah "shouts".
  • I was in the doldrums yesterday and just didn’t feel inspired.

All 40 example sentences with inspired

Forms of inspired

comparativemore inspired
superlativemost inspired

Words formed from inspired

Phrases with inspired

Words that rhyme with inspired

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Questions about inspired

What does inspired mean?
Inspired means having excellence through inspiration.
What is inspired in Hindi?
Inspired in Hindi is प्रेरित. See Inspired meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inspired?
Inspired is an adjective.
How do you pronounce inspired?
Inspired is pronounced /ɪnˈspaɪɹd/ (US).

Words near inspired in the dictionary

  1. inspirators
  2. inspiratory
  3. inspiratrices
  4. inspiratrix
  5. inspire
  6. inspired
  7. inspiredly
  8. inspiredness
  9. inspirer
  10. inspirers
  11. inspires

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inspired (page history and authors); inspired (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inspired (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inspired (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inspired (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inspired (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inspired (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inspired (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inspired (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inspired (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inspired (Odia, 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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