inspired

inspired

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪn.ˈspaɪɹd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪn.ˈspaɪəd/
• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)d

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Adjective

inspired (comparative more inspired, superlative most inspired)

1. Having excellence through inspiration.

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

   • 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport‎:

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

2. Filled with inspiration or motivated.

   The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece.

   He was inspired to learn to fly.

Hyponyms

• biologically-inspired
• Python-inspired

 

Verb

inspired

1. simple past tense and past participle of inspire.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion‎:

     But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.