Synonyms: moving
Definition: arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion
Usage: she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter- N. Hawthorne
Similar words: affecting, touching, poignant
Definition: arousing affect
Usage: the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene; poignant grief cannot endure forever; his gratitude was simple and touching
Similar words: haunting
Definition: having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect
Usage: from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration-Charles Lee
Similar words: heartwarming
Definition: causing gladness and pleasure
Usage: Is there a sight more heartwarming than a family reunion?
Similar words: stirring, soul-stirring
Definition: exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions
Usage: a stirring speech
Synonyms: moving
Definition: in motion
Usage: a constantly moving crowd; the moving parts of the machine
Similar words: afoot
Definition: traveling by foot
Usage: she was afoot when I saw her this morning
Similar words: ahorse, ahorseback
Definition: traveling on horseback
Usage: a file of men ahorseback passed by
Similar words: oncoming
Definition: moving toward one
Similar words: automotive, self-propelled, self-propelling
Definition: containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement
Usage: a self-propelled vehicle
Similar words: awheel
Definition: traveling by wheeled vehicle such as bicycle or automobile e.g.
Usage: the public was awheel
Similar words: blown
Definition: being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
Usage: blown clouds of dust choked the riders; blown soil mounded on the window sill
Similar words: fast-flying, flying
Definition: moving swiftly
Usage: fast-flying planes; played the difficult passage with flying fingers
Similar words: flaring, aflare
Definition: streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air
Usage: ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her; flags aflare in the breeze
Similar words: kinetic
Definition: characterized by motion
Usage: modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime
Similar words: mobile
Definition: having transportation available
Similar words: restless
Definition: ceaselessly in motion
Usage: the restless sea; the restless wind
Similar words: wiggly, wriggling, wriggly, writhing
Definition: moving in a twisting or snake-like or wormlike fashion
Usage: wiggly worms
Similar words: vibratory
Definition: moving very rapidly to and fro or up and down
Usage: the vibrating piano strings
Synonyms: moving
Definition: used of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion
Usage: Her ambition was to be in moving pictures or `the movies'
Similar words: animated
Definition: made to appear to move as living creatures do
Usage: an animated cartoon; animated puppets