MOVED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does moved mean? 

• MOVED (adjective)
  The adjective MOVED has 1 sense:

1. being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

  Familiarity information: MOVED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOVED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

Synonyms:

affected; moved; stirred; touched

Context example:

very touched by the stranger's kindness

Similar:

sick (deeply affected by a strong feeling)

Also:

affected (acted upon; influenced)

emotional (of more than usual emotion)

Antonym:

unmoved (emotionally unmoved)

 Context examples 

She had made no noise whatever, had not even moved.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Here we all moved, but no one said a word; he went on:—I didn't know that she was here till she spoke; and she didn't look the same.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

For the rest, the man’s life moved in a narrow and conventional circle, for his habits were quiet and his nature unemotional.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My companion noiselessly closed the shutters, moved the lamp onto the table, and cast his eyes round the room.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Keesh and his mother moved into it, and it was the first prosperity she had enjoyed since the death of Bok.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

No matter what their fighting experience, they had never encountered a dog that moved so swiftly as he.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

My mother's lips moved, as if she answered “Yes, my dear Edward,” but she said nothing aloud.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The driver was surprised, too; the sled had not moved.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

This trait of kindness moved me sensibly.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The volume of air moved into and out of the lungs during breathing at rest as a proportion of the predicted normal value.

(Percent Predicted Tidal Volume, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)