animating
Making things move
Animating is giving life, motion, or spirit to something.
An animating force or animating principle is what makes something come alive or drives it forward: Curiosity was the animating spirit behind her research.
In film and graphics, animating is creating the illusion of movement through sequential images: He spent months animating the chase sequence.
Making lively or energetic
- invigoratingImparting fresh energy
- stimulatingArousing interest or energy
- enliveningMaking lively or spirited
- quickeningFirst felt fetal movement
galvanizing · electrifying · rousing · activating · exhilarating · awakening · firing · spurring
Prompting someone to act
- upliftingEmotionally encouraging
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
- encouragingGiving confidence or hope
- hearteningInspiring confidence or cheer
stirring · moving · visionary · transformative · influential · aspirational · charismatic · enlightening
Attractively energetic and enthusiastic
- sprightlyEnergetic and nimble
- bubblyFizzy or cheerfully animated
- effervescentFizzing with gas bubbles
- peppyEnergetic and cheerful
vibrant · spirited · exuberant · bouncy · perky · zesty · jaunty · frisky
Restoring life to
- resuscitatingRestoring consciousness or breathing
- revitalizingRestoring strength or energy
- rejuvenatingRestoring youthful energy
- restoringReturning to original condition
renewing · regenerating · rekindling · reawakening · reinvigorating · resurrecting · reactivating · refreshing
vitalizing
Making lively or energetic
- invigoratingImparting fresh energy
- stimulatingArousing interest or energy
- enliveningMaking lively or spirited
quickening · galvanizing · electrifying · rousing · activating · exhilarating · awakening · firing · spurring · charging
motivating
Prompting someone to act
- upliftingEmotionally encouraging
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
- encouragingGiving confidence or hope
heartening · stirring · moving · visionary · transformative · influential · aspirational · charismatic · enlightening · persuasive
vivacious
Attractively energetic and enthusiastic
- sprightlyEnergetic and nimble
- bubblyFizzy or cheerfully animated
- effervescentFizzing with gas bubbles
peppy · vibrant · spirited · exuberant · bouncy · perky · zesty · jaunty · frisky · chipper
reanimating
Restoring life to
- resuscitatingRestoring consciousness or breathing
- revitalizingRestoring strength or energy
- rejuvenatingRestoring youthful energy
restoring · renewing · regenerating · rekindling · reawakening · reinvigorating · resurrecting · reactivating · refreshing · reigniting
- creative actscreating, designing, drawing, sculpting, composing
- representingrepresenting, depicting, portraying, symbolizing, illustrating
- invigoratingenergizing, revitalizing, refreshing, stimulating, bracing
- mobilizingmobilizing, rallying, organizing, mustering, marshaling
animatingdeadening
Lessening intensity or sensitivity
devitalizing · enervating · debilitating · draining · exhausting
animatingboring
Failing to engage interest
dulling · wearisome · tedious · monotonous · uninteresting
animatingstilling
Making something cease moving
immobilizing · paralyzing · freezing · halting · stopping
- computer animationMotion pictures generated digitally
- 3D animationComputer-rendered moving imagery
- suspended animationHalted vital functions, reversible
- animation studioCartoon production company
- animating spirit
- digital animationComputer-generated moving images