Definition of "inspired" in English

adjective

1. Having excellence through inspiration.

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

2. Filled with inspiration or motivated.

   • The artist was inspired to paint a true masterpiece.
   • He was inspired to learn to fly.

3. (religion) 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.

4. (of air) Drawn into the lungs; inhaled.

5. (obsolete) Inflated.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of inspire.

   • Government-inspired rumors