moving

[ moo-ving ]

adjective

1. capable of or having movement:

   a moving object.

2. causing or producing motion.
3. involved in changing the location of possessions, a residence, office, etc.:

   moving expenses.

4. involving a motor vehicle in motion.
5. actuating, instigating, or impelling:

   the moving spirit behind the party.

6. stirring or evoking strong feelings or emotions, especially touchingly or pathetically:

   a moving story.

   Synonyms: poignant, pathetic, affecting, touching

moving

/ ˈmuːvɪŋ /

adjective

1. arousing or touching the emotions
2. changing or capable of changing position
3. causing motion

Derived Forms

• ˈmovingly, adverb

Other Words From

• moving·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of moving¹

First recorded in 1300–50, moving is from the Middle English word meving. See move, -ing ²

Example Sentences

Ella Mai’s Homage To Janet JacksonThe singer and her dancer tapped into Jackson’s style for a moving performance of the single “Not Another Love Love Song.”

From Essence.com

You need to keep trading and moving players until you get to that point.

From FiveThirtyEight

So it’s a slow-moving and super-consequential situation and everyone is gathering in these virtual spaces, and it’s just incredibly ripe for baseless speculation.

From Vox

In the US, preliminary moving data are hinting at higher interest in more residential parts of cities and in suburban areas—a trend that was picking up before the pandemic.

From Quartz

Momentum relates to how difficult it is to stop a moving object.

From Science News For Students

It was seen by a small delegation of star-struck prelates and dignitaries who later described the film as “moving.”

From The Daily Beast

Yung Lean was born Jonatan Leandoer Håstad in Belarus, before moving to Sweden at the age of 3.

From The Daily Beast

In the 1950s, you had people like Richard Hofstadter and Arthur Schlesinger moving back and forth between the two worlds.

From The Daily Beast

“You ask me my motivation,” Marvin says, moving back into his tough guy persona again.

From The Daily Beast

There have been previous waves of people moving to Texas, and we are now experiencing the latest wave.

From The Daily Beast

They ranged from moving trunks to cleaning cisterns, and, by grace of all of them, Sim was doing very well.

From Project Gutenberg

She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.

From Project Gutenberg

First, how about the expansibility needed to supply adequate funds for crop-moving?

From Project Gutenberg

Thus all about us is the moving and shifting spectacle of riches and poverty, side by side, inextricable.

From Project Gutenberg

The Alcalde remained kneeling for a short time by the side of the corpse, his lips moving in prayer.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• eloquent
• emotional
• expressive
• gripping
• heartbreaking
• heartrending
• inspirational
• inspiring
• meaningful
• persuasive
• poignant
• stirring
• stunning
• touching