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Dictionary: mov·ing   ('vĭng) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Changing or capable of changing position: a moving target.
  2. Relating to or involved in a transfer of furnishings from one location to another: moving expenses; moving van.
  3. Causing or producing motion.
  4. Involving a motor vehicle in motion: a moving violation.
  5. Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion: a moving account of the tragedy.
movingly mov'ing·ly adv.

SYNONYMS  moving, stirring, poignant, touching, affecting. These adjectives mean arousing or capable of arousing deep, usually somber emotion. Moving is the least specific: “A … widow … has laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter” (Nathaniel Hawthorne). Something stirring excites strong, turbulent, but not unpleasant feelings: a stirring speech about patriotism. Poignant suggests the evocation of keen, painful emotion: “Poignant grief cannot endure forever” (W.H. Hudson). Touching emphasizes sympathy or tenderness: a touching eulogy. Affecting applies especially to what is heart-rending or bittersweet: an affecting photo of the hostages' release.


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Thesaurus: moving
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adjective

  1. Capable of moving or being moved from place to place: mobile, movable, transportable, traveling. See move/halt.
  2. Exciting a deep, usually somber response: affecting, impressive, poignant, stirring, touching. See touch/not touch.

 
Antonyms: moving
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adj

Definition: affecting, exciting
Antonyms: unaffecting, unemotional, unexciting, unmoving

adj

Definition: mobile
Antonyms: fixed, immobile, motionless, permanent, stationary, unmoving


 
Dream Symbol: Moving
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As a dream symbol, moving can indicate "moving up" in life or in one's state of consciousness. It can also suggest changes in the dreamer's life, especially if the person is moving into or out of a house.


 
Wikipedia: Moving
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Moving may refer to:

Moving of goods
Other uses

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Translations: Moving
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som bevæger sig, bevægende, gribende, rørende

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontroerend, bewegend

Français (French)
adj. - en marche, mobile (cible), (fig) émouvant, motivant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - bewegend, rührend, ergreifend, beweglich

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μετακόμιση
adj. - κινητικός, (μετα)κινούμενος, συγκινητικός, συνταρακτικός

Italiano (Italian)
commovente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ação de mover (f)
adj. - em movimento, instigador, tocante

Русский (Russian)
волнующий, движущий, подвижный, перемещение

Español (Spanish)
adj. - conmovedor, emocionante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (för)flyttning
adj. - rörlig, drivande, rörande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
行进的, 动人的, 移动的, 感动的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 行進的, 動人的, 移動的, 感動的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 움직이는, 감동시키는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 動く, 動かす, 感動させる, 移動する
n. - 動くこと, 感動

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) متحرك, محرك (صفه) مثير للمشاعر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מעורר רגש, מניע, נע‬


 
 
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