inspired

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/ɪnˈspaɪɹd/

adj 5

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

be, feel, seem | become

ADV

divinely

The artist felt divinely inspired when she painted her most beautiful portrait.

ideologically, politically

The new policy was ideologically inspired and aimed to reshape how schools teach history.

Definitions

adj

Having excellence through inspiration.

The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded.

New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.

Filled with inspiration or motivated.

The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece.

He was inspired to learn to fly.

Infused with power or knowledge granted from a supernatural entity; possessing inspiration from the divine.

Korean shamans are thought to be capable of inspired speech, in which they convey the words of the gods.

The point which I wish to establish is this, that the whole prediction of the future establishment of the religion of the Gospel was an inspired prediction, a prediction answerable to the highest test of a supernatural prescience.

Drawn into the lungs; inhaled.

Inflated.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiratio

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The actor's inspired performance of Hamlet's soliloquy left the audience dumbfounded.

Wiktionary

New Zealand were crowned world champions for the first time in 24 years after squeezing past an inspired France team by a single point.

Wiktionary

The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece.

Wiktionary

I'm not inspired anymore.

Tatoeba · #2043

Sometimes the most inspired ideas seem to just come from out of the blue.

Tatoeba · #51838

I inspired my students to work harder.

Tatoeba · #258993

Usage Notes

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