animated Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb heighten or intensify
    invigorate; enliven; animate; inspire; exalt.
    • These paintings exalt the imagination
  2. verb give lifelike qualities to
    animize; animate; animise.
    • animated cartoons
  3. verb make lively
    enliven; liven; animate; liven up; invigorate.
    • let's liven up this room a bit
  4. verb give new life or energy to
    repair; revivify; recreate; reanimate; revive; renovate; vivify; animate; quicken.
    • A hot soup will revive me
    • This will renovate my spirits
    • This treatment repaired my health
  5. adjective having life or vigor or spirit
    alive.
    • an animated and expressive face
    • animated conversation
    • became very animated when he heard the good news
  6. adjective satellite made to appear to move as living creatures do
    • an animated cartoon
    • animated puppets

WordNet

An"i*ma`ted adjective
Definitions
  1. Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.

Webster 1913