Synonyms for Stirring

Synonyms for "stirring" (207 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Noun(11 words)

inspiration agitate agitating agitation agitations arouse awakening awaking blend churn churning

active activity actuation afoot aggravation agitating alluring animation ardent arousal arousing astir awe-inspiring awesome breath breathtaking burning bustling challenging charged

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cliff hangingcliff-hanging disquieting distracting disturbing dramatic driving dynamics electric electrical

Verb(1 words)

electrified

Strong matches (62)

Noun(11 words)

emotionemotionally chargedemotive responseenthusing evoke fomenting galvanize incite inciting inspire inspiring

emotional emotive emphatic encouraging energizing enthusiastic erwhelming eventful evocative exacerbation exasperation excitement exciting exhilarating exhilaration exhilarative fervent fiery firing flush

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Adjective(4 words)

emotional intensityemotional statesemotive descriptorgreat excitement

Verb(1 words)

inspired

Related words (103)

jarring jolting juicy kinesis kinetics lively maddening melodramaticmind blowingmind-blowing mobile momentous motile motion motivation motivational motive motor move movement

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Verb(1 words)

make a stir

Noun(20 words)

mix mixingmixing bowlmobilization move moving poignant provoke rouse rousing shakeup shakeups spur stirstrong emotionstyle evocativeswizzling tossing wakening whipping

Adjective(5 words)

palpitant rousing soul-stirringstrong feelingsuspenseful tone

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

17 entries

action activation agitation arousaldescriptive adjectiveemotionemotional descriptoremotional impactfeeling influence motionmotion descriptormovement persuasionphysical descriptionprocess

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More specific

19 entries

awakening churning curiosity excitementgentle stirringinspiration inspiringmass rallymobilization moving poignantpublic protestrapid stirringrousingstirring batterstirring sauce

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Collocations

13 entries

stirring accountstirring actionstirring batterstirring emotionstirring momentstirring passionstirring performancestirring saucestirring scenestirring speechstirring storystirring talestirring wind

Inflections

5 entries

more stirringmost stirringstirred stirrings stirs

Derivations

4 entries

stir stirred stirrer stirringly

similar

2 entries

moving stimulating

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Something was stirring in the dark.

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The event opened with a stirring rendition of the national anthem.

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Continue stirring until the chocolate chips are mixed uniformly through the cookie dough.

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Tom is stirring his coffee.

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Stirring