moving

Examples

• All

• It was a very moving experience.

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• That was very, very moving, Art.

  Boogie Woogie (2010)

• A simple but very moving piece.

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• The comments and poems here are so moving and beautiful.

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• Thank you all so much for these incredibly moving remarks.

• It was a remarkable and very moving experience.

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• It was a very moving scene for me, because Americans cared then, I think, and they care now.

  Operation Avalanche (2016)

• Over champagne and tequila shots, everyone in attendance said it was the most moving ceremony they had ever witnessed.

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• This is a very moving and well-written article that describes Coach Sherman's tenure here perfectly.

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• The film by French writer-director Lorraine Levy is the most moving tale I've seen about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent memory.

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Synonyms

P

poignant

vsmoving

66 6.8

Making you feel very sad or deeply moved

is less limited to pain and can include admiration or sympathy

E

emotive

vsmoving

10 6.0

Causes strong feelings, often sadness or joy

specifies particular deep feelings such as sadness, sympathy, or admiration

S

soul-stirring

vsmoving

1 7.1

Making you feel very strong emotions

also describes feelings of sadness or sympathy, not only admiration

T

touching

vsmoving

1 3.4

Making you feel sympathy or sadness

is wider, covering admiration and deep emotion as well as tenderness

T

transportive

vsmoving

• Literature

1 7.9

Making someone feel as if they are in another place or mood

focuses more on causing sadness, sympathy, or admiration rather than transport

A

affecting

vsmoving

4.4

Causing strong feelings of sadness or sympathy

is broader and also used for admiration as well as sadness

S

stirring

vsmoving

3.9

Making people feel strong, positive feelings

is broader, including sadness and sympathetic responses as well as positivity

Antonyms

I

indifferent

46 4.4

Not interested or showing no strong feeling about something

U

unmoving

5.5

Not causing strong feelings or interest in people

Compounds

M

moving in

82 2.7

The time when you begin to live in a new home

S

slow-moving

17 2.3

Moving at a low speed and not making quick progress

M

moving part

• Specialized

14 3.1

A part inside a machine that moves, like a gear

M

moving van

• US

9 2.5

A large vehicle that carries furniture and boxes when people move to a new home

M

moving picture

8 3.5

A movie shown on a screen that tells a story

M

moving company

• US

7 2.8

A business that takes people's or companies' things to a new place

M

moving expense

• US

3 3.0

Money paid to move your things to a new home, for example for a truck or packing

F

forward-moving

1 3.2

Moving ahead in space or making progress

M

moving-picture show

• Archaic

1 5.5

A show that tells a story with moving images and sound like a movie

M

moving ridge

5.3

A long raised area of water that moves across the surface

M

moving staircase

3.5

A stairway with moving steps that carries people between floors

M

moving stairway

3.1

A set of steps that move to carry people between floors

M

moving wallpaper

6.7

A decorative wall covering that shows moving pictures

M

moving-coil galvanometer

• Specialized

8.5

An instrument that measures very small electric current using a coil that moves in a magnetic field

M

moving-coil loudspeaker

• Specialized

6.6

A speaker that uses a small coil and magnet to move a cone and make sound

M

moving-coil microphone

• Specialized

5.1

A device that turns sound into electric signals using a coil and magnet

O

outward-moving

4.6

To move away from the center, for example when something spins or turns

How Moving

heartbreaking

92 3.7

heartrending

2 7.8

moving

7 3.3

poignant

66 6.8

touching

1 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology