Meanings
comparative more moving · superlative most moving
- Causing or evoking deep emotions.
't was a moving letter, very moving!
1813, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Remorse1 more example
The last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways, No. 92220, a class "9F" 2-10-0, was named Evening Star at Swindon Works on March 18. […] Mr. R. F. Hanks, Chairman of the Western Area Board, British Transport Commission, who presided, said that it was a moving occasion, but also a very proud day for Swindon.
1960 May 28, “Evening Star”, in Railway Magazine, page 307
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of move
plural movings
- uncountableThe relocation of goods when transferring one's household, business, etc., to another location
- countableA causing of a movement
The rats' movings are willed movements.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat moves or move.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivein motion
adjectivearousing or capable of arousing deep emotion
adjectiveused of a series of photographs presented so as to create the illusion of motion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مُتَحَرِّك, مُؤَثِّر
- مُتَحَرِّك (mutaḥarrik)that moves or move
- مُؤَثِّر (muʔaṯṯir)that causes someone to feel emotion
Bulgarian движещ се, трогателен
- движещ се (dvižešt se)that moves or move
- трогателен (trogatelen)that causes someone to feel emotion
Catalan commovedor
- commovedorthat causes someone to feel emotion
Chinese Mandarin 感動 /感动, 動人 /动人
- 感動 /感动 (gǎndòng)that causes someone to feel emotion
- 動人 /动人 (dòngrén)that causes someone to feel emotion
Czech dojemný
- dojemnýthat causes someone to feel emotion
Dutch bewegend, bewegende
- bewegendthat moves or move
- bewegendethat moves or move
- ontroerendthat causes someone to feel emotion
- ontroerendethat causes someone to feel emotion
Esperanto movanta, moviĝa
- movantathat moves or move
- moviĝathat moves or move
Finnish liikkuva, liikuttava
- liikkuvathat moves or move
- liikuttavathat causes someone to feel emotion
- koskettavathat causes someone to feel emotion
French émouvant, touchant
- émouvantthat causes someone to feel emotion
- touchantthat causes someone to feel emotion
German bewegend, rührend
- bewegendthat moves or move
- rührendthat causes someone to feel emotion
Hindi गतिमान, गतिशील
- गतिमान (gatimān)that moves or move
- गतिशील (gatiśīl)that moves or move
- भावुक (bhāvuk)that causes someone to feel emotion
Hungarian mozgó, megható
- mozgóthat moves or move
- meghatóthat causes someone to feel emotion
- megindítóthat causes someone to feel emotion
Irish imeachtach, coscrach
- imeachtachthat moves or move
- coscrachthat causes someone to feel emotion
Italian commovente
- commoventethat causes someone to feel emotion
Japanese 感動的な
- 感動的な (kandōteki-na)that causes someone to feel emotion
Latin flexanimus
- flexanimusthat causes someone to feel emotion
Latvian kustīgs
- kustīgsthat moves or move
Māori whakaaroharoha
- whakaaroharohathat causes someone to feel emotion
Polish poruszający, wzruszjący
- poruszającythat causes someone to feel emotion
- wzruszjącythat causes someone to feel emotion
Portuguese movente, comovente
- moventethat moves or move
- comoventethat causes someone to feel emotion
- emocionalthat causes someone to feel emotion
Romanian mișcător, emoționant
- mișcătorthat moves or move
- emoționantthat causes someone to feel emotion
- mișcătorthat causes someone to feel emotion
Russian дви́жущийся, тро́гательный
- дви́жущийся (dvížuščijsja)that moves or move
- тро́гательный (trógatelʹnyj)that causes someone to feel emotion
- волну́ющий (volnújuščij)that causes someone to feel emotion
Spanish conmovedor, enternecedor
- conmovedorthat causes someone to feel emotion
- enternecedorthat causes someone to feel emotion
- emotivothat causes someone to feel emotion
- acharáthat causes someone to feel emotion
Swedish rörlig, rörande
- rörligthat moves or move
- rörandethat causes someone to feel emotion
Ukrainian звору́шливий
- звору́шливий (zvorúšlyvyj)that causes someone to feel emotion
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with moving
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moving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moving
“moving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moving. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moving,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moving.
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