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