Stirring

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Exciting strong feelings, as of inspiration; rousing. See Synonyms at moving.
  • adj. Active; lively.
  • n. A slight motion or moving about: restless stirrings.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. invigorating or inspiring
  • v. Present participle of stir.
  • n. An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Movement; motion; activity; effort; the act of moving or setting in motion.
  • n. Temptation.
  • n. In agriculture, the second tilth or fallow.
  • n. Riot; commotion.
  • Being in active motion; characterized by stir or activity; active; bustling; lively; vivacious; brisk: as, a stirring life; stirring times.
  • Animating; rousing; awakening; stimulating; exciting; inspiriting: as, a stirring oration; a stirring march.
  • Fickle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions
  • n. agitating a liquid with an implement
  • n. arousing to a particular emotion or action
  • adj. capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement
  • Equivalent
    moving    stimulating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    agitation    rousing    arousal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    exciting    awakening    animating    quickening    stimulating    arousing    active    stimulant    about   
    Verb Stem
    stir   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    During    blurring    concurring    conferring    deferring    demurring    deterring    during    incurring    inferring   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    twinge    undercurrent    stir    prompting    flicker    tremor    tingle    frisson    qualm    yearning