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movingadjective having the power to affect the feelings or sympathieshe gave a truly moving graduation speech that had some graduates in tears affecting, emotional, impactful, impressive, poignant, stirring, touching eloquent, expressive, meaningful, significantdemonstrative, excitable, feeling, passionate, responsive, sensitiveexciting, inspirational, provoking, rousing, stimulatingdramatic, histrionic, melodramatic, theatrical(also theatric)cathartic unaffecting, unemotional, unimpressive cold, cool, detached, dispassionate, emotionlessdeadpan movingverbpresent participle of moveto change the place or position ofI need you to move all your books off that chair before company gets here budging, dislocating, displacing, disturbing, relocating, removing, repositioning, shifting, transferring, transposing bearing, carrying, carting, conveying, driving, hauling, lugging, toting, transmitting, transplanting, transportingreplacing, superseding, supplantingaltering, making over, modifying, redoing, refashioning, remaking, remodeling, revamping, revising, reworking, varying anchoring, fixing, freezing, mooring, securing, setting, stabilizingembedding(also imbedding), entrenching(also intrenching), implanting, ingraining(also engraining), lodging, rooting to set or keep in motionthe hands of the wall clock are moved by battery actuating, driving, impelling, propelling, working activating, motivating, provokingabetting, fermenting, fomenting, inciting, raising, stirring (up), whipping (up)setting off, triggering, trippingarousing, exciting, firing (up), galvanizing, inflaming(also enflaming), inspiring, instigating, rousing, stimulating bridling, checking, constraining, containing, controlling, curbing, inhibiting, regulating, reining (in), restraining to change one's positiondon't move while I'm trying to draw your portrait budging, locomoting, shifting, stirring fiddling, fidgeting, jiggling, squiggling, squirming, tossing, twitching, wiggling, wriggling, writhingrousing freezing, stilling hanging around, remaining, staying, sticking around, tarryingstabilizing to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a responsewe were deeply moved by the program of patriotic music affecting, impacting, impressing, influencing, reaching, striking, swaying, telling (on), touching carrying away, dazzling, enrapturing, enthralling, entrancing, ravishing, transportingbiasing(or biassing), coloringinspiring, stirringengaging, interesting, involving, penetrating, piercingafflicting, agitating, bothering, concerning, discomforting, discomposing, disquieting, distressing, disturbing, flustering, harassing, harrying, perturbing, pestering, plaguing, smiting, straining, stressing, troubling, trying, upsetting, worrying, wringingalluring, attracting, bewitching, captivating, charming, enchanting, fascinating getting to boring, jading, palling, tiring, wearyingunderwhelming to rouse to strong feeling or actionthe heartfelt appeal moved the people to reach into their pockets and donate generously arousing, encouraging, exciting, firing (up), impassioning, inciting, instigating, piquing, provoking, revving (up), sparking, stimulating, stirring fanning, igniting, inflaming(also enflaming), kindling, triggeringactivating, animating, driving, energizing, galvanizing, inducing, inspiring, keying (up), motivating, motiving, pumping up, quickening, setting off, vitalizingabetting, fermenting, fomenting, raising, whipping (up)angering, enraging, maddening, upsettingjeering, taunting, teasingaggravating, annoying, bothering, exasperating, galling, getting, irritating, vexing building a fire under calming, soothing, subduing, tranquilizing(also tranquillizing)appeasing, mollifying, pacifying, placating to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requeststhe report moved me to change my mind about the issue arguing, bringing, bringing around, converting, convincing, gaining, getting, inducing, persuading, prevailing (on or upon), satisfying, talking (into), winning (over) blandishing, blarneying, cajoling, coaxing, entreating, exhorting, fast-talking, urging, wheedlingalluring, beguiling, leading on, luring, seducing, snowing, temptingbrainwashing, overpersuadinginclining, influencing, prompting, selling, swayingattracting, drawing, enticing, interestingchewing over, conversing, debating, discussing, disputing, hashing (over), mootingreasoning (with) deterring, discouraging, dissuading, unselling to cause to functionthis one button moves the whole machine activating, actuating, cranking (up), driving, running, setting off, sparking, starting, touching off, triggering, turning on kicking over, turning overcharging, electrifying, energizing, firing, fueling(or fuelling), generating, powering, pushingdischarging, launching, releasing, switching, trippingreactivating, rechargingarousing, exciting, jump-starting, kick-starting, stimulating, vitalizingigniting, inciting, instigating, provoking, quickening, stirring upaccelerating, catalyzing, speeding (up), stepping up cutting, cutting out, deactivating, killing, shutting off, turning off arresting, braking, checking, cutting off, drawing up, halting, jamming, stalling, sticking, stoppingdecelerating, repressing, slowing, stunting, suppressing to leave a place often for anotherthe police officer told the loiterers to move along bailing, bailing out, booking(slang), buggering off(British slang), bugging off, bugging out, buzzing (off), clearing off(chiefly British), clearing out, cutting out, departing, digging out, exiting, getting, getting off, going, going off, packing (up or off), parting, peeling off, piking (out or off), pulling out, pushing off, pushing on, quitting, running along, sallying (forth), scarpering(British), shoving (off), stepping (along), taking off, vamoosing, walking out setting out, starting, striking outabsconding, decamping, escaping, evacuating, fleeing, flying, getting out, mizzling(chiefly British), running away, scatting, scramming, skippinggoing out, lighting out, stepping outabandoning, deserting, forsaking, vacatingemigratingadjourning, removing, retiring, retreating, withdrawing beating it, hitting the road, pulling stakes(or pulling up stakes), taking a hike(also taking a walk), taking a powder arriving, coming, showing up, turning up abiding, dwelling, lodging, remaining, settling, staying, tarryingapproaching, closing, nearinghitting, landing, reaching adj.moving, impressive, poignant, affecting, touching, pathetic mean having the power to produce deep emotion.moving may apply to any strong emotional effect including thrilling, agitating, saddening, or calling forth pity or sympathy.a moving appeal for contributions impressive implies compelling attention, admiration, wonder, or conviction.an impressive list of achievements poignant applies to what keenly or sharply affects one's sensitivities.a poignant documentary on the homeless affecting is close to moving but most often suggests pathos.an affecting deathbed reunion touching implies arousing tenderness or compassion.the touching innocence in a child's eyes pathetic implies moving to pity or sometimes contempt.pathetic attempts to justify misconduct in the 14th century |