- 2. Invigorate, fortify, revive, give vigor or energy to.
- 3. Stimulate, waken, rouse, whet, incite, impel, excite, fire, heat, urge, provoke, warm, goad, kindle,
prompt, work up, set on.
- 4. Encourage, inspire, inspirit, embolden, enhearten, hearten, exhilarate, gladden, elate, elevate, flush,
erect.
Animated, a. Lively, vigorous, sprightly, brisk, vivacious, buoyant, spirited, jocund, blithe, gay, elated, full of life, full of spirit.
Animating, a. Cheering, inspiring, enlivening, encouraging, exhilarating, stimulating, exciting, elevating, spirit-stirring, heart-stirring.
Animation, n.
- 1. Act of enlivening or making alive, vitalization, vivification, inbreathing of life, inspiration, stimulation,
etc., as below.
- 2. Life, vitality, breath, vital power, vital spark, breath of life.
- 3. Liveliness, spirit, spiritedness, vivacity, sprightliness, buoyancy, elasticity, airiness, vigor, ardor, courage,
force, strength, energy, exhilaration, cheerfulness, gayety, cheer, animal spirits, high spirits, good spirits.
Animosity, n. Malignity, virulence, bitterness, rancor, hostility, hatred, hate, enmity, grudge, rankling, spleen, ill-will, heart-burning, violent hatred, active enmity, persistent hostility.
Animus, n. [L.]
- 1. Hostile feeling, malice, partisan feeling, intention, purpose, aim.
- 2. Disposition, spirit, temper, general tone, tone of mind.
Annals, n. pl. Records (in the order of years), chronicles, registers, rolls, archives, historical accounts.
Anneal, v. a. Temper (as glass, by slow cooling), toughen.
Annex, v. a.
- 1. Affix, attach, subjoin, superadd, append, tag, tack. See add.
- 2. Join, unite, connect.
Annexation, n.
- 1. Affixing, attaching, attachment, addition, adding, appending, annexment.