Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Exciting strong feelings, as of inspiration; rousing. synonym: moving.
- adjective Archaic Active; lively.
- noun A slight motion or moving about.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Movement; motion; activity; effort; the act of moving or setting in motion.
- noun Temptation.
- noun In agriculture, the second tilth or fallow.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
invigorating orinspiring - verb Present participle of
stir . - noun An occasion on which something
stirs or is stirred
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions
- noun agitating a liquid with an implement
- noun arousing to a particular emotion or action
- adjective capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement
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Examples
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A properly made Christmas cake requires stirring, stirring, stirring, and when that includes particles of very different sizes - flour and sultanas - it is a harder task than mixing powders and crystals.
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A properly made Christmas cake requires stirring, stirring, stirring, and when that includes particles of very different sizes - flour and sultanas - it is a harder task than mixing powders and crystals.
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The news media were not invited, but the NRA says on its blog that Palin gave what it called a stirring speech on Second Amendment rights.
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It's the demagogues who know exactly what they're doing in stirring up the ignorant and the hateful to oppose Rauf who are most chilling in their calculation.
Jesse Larner: The "Ground Zero Mosque" and the War on Terror Jesse Larner 2010
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It's the demagogues who know exactly what they're doing in stirring up the ignorant and the hateful to oppose Rauf who are most chilling in their calculation.
Jesse Larner: The "Ground Zero Mosque" and the War on Terror Jesse Larner 2010
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Next time, the Suits at Hoover might want to ask for more help from the propeller heads in stirring up interest.
The Internet and Productivity, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Why do you think they are all such eager beavers in stirring up emotions?
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It's the demagogues who know exactly what they're doing in stirring up the ignorant and the hateful to oppose Rauf who are most chilling in their calculation.
Jesse Larner: The "Ground Zero Mosque" and the War on Terror Jesse Larner 2010
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He was beautiful and talked in stirring iridescence.
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It's the demagogues who know exactly what they're doing in stirring up the ignorant and the hateful to oppose Rauf who are most chilling in their calculation.
Jesse Larner: The "Ground Zero Mosque" and the War on Terror Jesse Larner 2010
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