Verb
- 1. inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt, stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
- usage: heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"
- 2. animize, animise, animate, change, alter, modify
- usage: give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons"
- 3. enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate, stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
- usage: make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
- 4. animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify, stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
- usage: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
Adjective
- 1. animated (vs. unanimated), alive, enlivened, spirited, full of life, lively, vital, reanimated, revived
- usage: having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"
- 2. animated, moving (vs. still)
- usage: made to appear to move as living creatures do; "an animated cartoon"; "animated puppets"
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