Animated by pride -- it's not right (8)
I believe the answer is:
spirited
'animated' is the definition.
(spiriting is a kind of animating)
'by pride it's not right' is the wordplay.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'not right' indicates an anagram.
'pride' put after 'its' is 'itspride'.
'itspride' anagrammed gives 'SPIRITED'.
(Other definitions for spirited that I've seen before include "Lively, in upbeat mood" , "Energetic, animated" , "Sparkling" , "Vigorous" , "Vivacious" .)