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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion;
- Example: "too moved to speak"
- Example: "very touched by the stranger's kindness"
[syn: moved(p), affected, stirred, touched]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Move \Move\ (m[=oo]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moved (m[=oo]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Moving.] [OE. moven, OF. moveir, F. mouvoir, L. movere; cf. Gr. 'amei`bein to change, exchange, go in or out, quit, Skr. m[imac]v, p. p. m[=u]ta, to move, push. Cf. Emotion, Mew to molt, Mob, Mutable, Mutiny.] 1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another on a playing board, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king. [1913 Webster] 3. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. [1913 Webster] Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold. --Knolles. [1913 Webster] No female arts his mind could move. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion. --Shak. [1913 Webster] When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. --Matt. ix. 36. [1913 Webster] [The use of images] in orations and poetry is to move pity or terror. --Felton. [1913 Webster] 5. To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn. [1913 Webster] Let me but move one question to your daughter. --Shak. [1913 Webster] They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon particular respects. --Hayward. [1913 Webster] 6. To apply to, as for aid. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Syn: To stir; agitate; trouble; affect; persuade; influence; actuate; impel; rouse; prompt; instigate; incite; induce; incline; propose; offer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

moved \moved\ pred. adj. affected emotionally. Opposite of unmoved. Also See affected, emotional. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

moved adj 1: being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion; "too moved to speak"; "very touched by the stranger's kindness" [syn: moved(p), affected, stirred, touched] [ant: unaffected, unmoved(p), untouched]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

58 Moby Thesaurus words for "moved": actuated, affected, agog, agonized, animated, aquiver, aroused, atingle, atwitter, bursting, carried away, devoured by, ebullient, effervescent, excited, exhilarated, fired, high, hopped up, imbued with, impassioned, impelled, impressed, impressed with, inclined, inflamed, inner-directed, keyed up, lathered up, manic, minded, motivated, obsessed, obsessed by, other-directed, penetrated with, prompted, racked, ready to burst, roused, seized with, steamed up, stimulated, stirred, stirred up, stricken, thrilled, tingling, tingly, torn, tortured, touched, turned-on, whipped up, worked up, wracked, wrought up, yeasty