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Moving
| Moving Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Moving?
[adj] arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne
[adj] in motion; "a constantly moving crowd"; "the moving parts of the machine"
[adj] used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion; "Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Moving: active |
affecting |
aflare |
afoot(p) |
agitated |
ahorse(p) |
ahorseback(p) |
animated |
approaching |
automotive |
awheel |
billowing |
blown |
bouncing |
bounding |
circling |
circulating |
crawling |
creeping |
curling |
darting |
fast-flying |
flailing |
flaring |
fleeing(a) |
fleeting |
flittering |
floating |
flowing |
fluttering |
flying |
haunting |
heartwarming |
heaving |
hurling |
hurtling |
itinerant |
jolting |
jouncing |
jumping |
kinetic |
leaping |
marching |
milling |
mobile |
on the move(p) |
oncoming |
passing(a) |
poignant |
restless |
revolving |
riding |
road |
rolling |
rotating |
running(a) |
rushing |
scampering(a) |
self-propelled |
self-propelling |
shifting |
shuffling |
soaring |
soul-stirring |
spinning |
springing |
squirming |
stirring |
streaming |
swaying |
sweeping |
swinging |
swirling |
thrashing |
tossing |
touching |
touring |
tramping |
trampling |
traveling |
tumbling |
turning |
twisting |
unreeling |
unwinding |
vibrating |
vibratory |
walking(a) |
waving |
wheeling |
whirling |
wiggling |
wiggly |
wriggling |
wriggly |
writhing
Related Terms | Find terms related to Moving: active |
activity |
actuating |
actuation |
advancing |
affecting |
affective |
afflictive |
agitating |
ambulant |
ambulative |
ambulatory |
amotion |
animating |
animation |
arousing |
awakening |
bitter |
bleak |
breathless |
breathtaking |
causal |
causative |
charged |
cheerless |
circuit-riding |
cliff-hanging |
comfortless |
commutation |
compelling |
course |
crossing |
delocalization |
deplorable |
depressing |
depressive |
dignified |
direction |
directive |
discomforting |
dismal |
dismaying |
displacement |
disquieting |
distracting |
distressful |
distressing |
disturbing |
doleful |
dolorific |
dolorogenic |
dolorous |
dreary |
driving |
dynamics |
effective |
electric |
elevated |
eloquent |
emotional |
emotive |
exciting |
exhilarating |
expeditionary |
expressive |
facund |
forward |
forward-looking |
galvanic |
globe-girdling |
globe-trotting |
go-ahead |
going |
grand |
grave |
grievous |
gripping |
heady |
heart-expanding |
heartrending |
heart-stirring |
heart-swelling |
heart-thrilling |
impellent |
impelling |
impressive |
impulsive |
in motion |
inducive |
inflammatory |
influence |
inner-direction |
inspirational |
inspiring |
intoxicating |
itinerant |
itinerary |
jarring |
jolting |
journeying |
joyless |
kinematics |
kinesipathy |
kinesis |
kinesitherapy |
kinetics |
lamentable |
locomotion |
locomotive |
lofty |
maddening |
majestic |
meaningful |
mind-blowing |
mobile |
mobilization |
motile |
motion |
motivating |
motivation |
motivational |
motive |
motor |
mournful |
move |
movement |
mundivagant |
noble |
on the move |
on tour |
oncoming |
ongoing |
onward |
operating |
other-direction |
overcoming |
overmastering |
overpowering |
overwhelming |
painful |
passage |
passing |
pathetic |
pedestrian |
perambulating |
perambulatory |
peregrinative |
peregrine |
peripatetic |
persuasive |
perturbing |
pilgrimlike |
piquant |
piteous |
pitiable |
pitiful |
poignant |
pregnant |
pressing |
proceeding |
progress |
progressing |
progressive |
prompting |
propellant |
propelling |
provocative |
provoking |
pulsive |
quickening |
rallying |
ravishing |
regrettable |
relocation |
remotion |
removal |
removement |
restlessness |
rousing |
rueful |
running |
sad |
saddening |
sententious |
serious |
sharp |
shift |
significant |
solemn |
sore |
sorrowful |
soul-stirring |
spirit-stirring |
stately |
stimulating |
stimulation |
stimulative |
stir |
stirring |
striking |
strolling |
sublime |
suspenseful |
suspensive |
tantalizing |
telling |
thrilling |
thrilly |
thrusting |
touching |
touring |
tourism |
touristic |
touristry |
touristy |
traject |
trajet |
transit |
transitional |
travel |
traveling |
trekking |
troubling |
uncomfortable |
unfixed |
unrest |
unsettling |
unstable |
unsteadfast |
unsteady |
upsetting |
urgent |
velocity |
walking |
wayfaring |
weighty |
woebegone |
woeful |
working |
wretched
See Also | emotional |
impressive |
stimulating
Moving In Webster's Dictionary
\Mov"ing\, a.
1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a
moving car, or power.
2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the
sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic;
as, a moving appeal.
I sang an old moving story. --Coleridge.
{Moving force} (Mech.), a force that accelerates, retards, or
deflects the motion of a body.
{Moving plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium
gyrans}); -- so called because its leaflets have a
distinct automatic motion.
\Mov"ing\, n.
The act of changing place or posture; esp., the act of
changing one's dwelling place or place of business.
{Moving day}, a day when one moves; esp., a day when a large
number of tenants change their dwelling place.
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