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animate

adj. having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"

animated

adj. (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit; "she was wonderfully alive for her age"; "a face alive with mischief"

active

adj. in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition"

aware

adj. followed by "to" or "of"; knowing or realizing the existence of: "alive to the danger"

live, eruptive

adj. actively spewing out lava; "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring"

live, alive, eruptive

adj. actively spewing out lava; "a geyser is an intermittently eruptive hot spring"

functioning, functional

adj. performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight"

breathing

adj. passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone"

active

adj. characterized by energetic activity; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action"

lively, animated

adj. having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"

alert

adj. very attentive or observant; "an alert and responsive baby is a joy"; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"

cheerful

adj. being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

dynamic, dynamical

adj. characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm"

buoyant, resilient

adj. recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like

enthusiastic

adj. having or showing great excitement and interest; "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets"; "an enthusiastic response"; "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons"

exuberant, ebullient, high-spirited

adj. joyously unrestrained

eager, ardent, avid, zealous

adj. marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"

gladdened, exhilarated, happy

adj. made joyful; "the sun and the wind on his back made him feel exhilarated--happy to be alive"

lively, sprightly, canty

adj. full of vitality: "`canty' is a British term"

chipper, perky, jaunty

adj. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"

energetic

adj. possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction"

vivacious, vibrant

adj. vigorous and animated; "a vibrant group that challenged the system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a vivacious folk dance"

light, quick, agile, nimble, spry

adj. moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it"

spanking, brisk, lively, zippy, merry, rattling, snappy

adj. quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"

living, live

adj. possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"

living, animate

adj. endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"

animate, alive

adj. having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"

living, animate

adj. endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings"

spirited, bouncing, bouncy, peppy, zippy

adj. marked by lively action; "a bouncing gait"; "bouncy tunes"; "the peppy and interesting talk"; "a spirited dance"

breezy, carefree

adj. fresh and animated; "her breezy nature"

sparkling, scintillating, sparkly, bubbling, effervescent, vivacious

adj. marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"

effusive, gushing, burbling, burbly

adj. uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly panting tones"

vital, energetic, full of life

adj. full of spirit; "a dynamic full of life woman"; "a vital and charismatic leader"; "this whole lively world"

real, actual

adj. existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not; "de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law"; "a de facto state of war"

extant, surviving

adj. still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd

huffy, touchy, thin-skinned

adj. quick to take offense

oversensitive

adj. unduly sensitive or thin-skinned

responsive

adj. readily reacting to suggestions, influences, appeals or efforts; "keeping government in America responsive to the will of the people"

erupting

adj. currently erupting

dead, inanimate

adj. no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

bloodless, lifeless

adj. destitute of blood or apparently so; "the bloodless carcass of my Hector sold"- John Dryden

lifeless

adj. not having the capacity to support life; "a lifeless planet"

lifeless, exanimate

adj. deprived of life; no longer living; "a lifeless body"

inoperative

adj. not operating; "an inoperative law"

inert, lethargic, sluggish, torpid

adj. slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"

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