Word Meanings - STIR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To change the place of in any manner; to move. My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. Sir W. Temple. 2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to

Additional info about word: STIR

1. To change the place of in any manner; to move. My foot I had never yet in five days been able to stir. Sir W. Temple. 2. To disturb the relative position of the particles of, as of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate; as, to stir a pudding with a spoon. My mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred. Shak. 3. To bring into debate; to agitate; to moot. Stir not questions of jurisdiction. Bacon. 4. To incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt; to excite. "To stir men to devotion." Chaucer. An Ate, stirring him to blood and strife. Shak. And for her sake some mutiny will stir. Dryden. Note: In all senses except the first, stir is often followed by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to stir up sedition. Syn. -- To move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate; excite; provoke.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STIR)

• Actuate
• Urge
• instigate
• stir
• induce
• influence
• incline
• dispose
• incite
• impel
• prompt
• drive
• Agitate
• Disturb
• trouble
• excite
• ruffle
• fluster
• oscillate
• convulse
• shake
• Animate
• Enliven
• Inspirit
• quicken
• exhilarate
• embolden
• rouse
• revivify
• cheer
• gladden
• stimulate
• Arouse
• Stir
• disturb
• animate
• wake up
• alarm
• provoke
• Bother
• Fuse
• worry
• pester
• excitement
• plague
• vex
• annoy
• tease
• confusion
• vexation
• flurry

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of STIR)

• Compose
• embolden
• reassure
• rally
• Soothe
• compose
• quiet
• calm
• mesmerize
• Trend
• diverge
• ascend
• deter
• rise
• indispose
• disincline
• Slave
• prevent
• dissuade
• allay
• appease
• please
• soothe
• delight
• gratify
• recreate
• entertain
• relieve
• refresh

Related words: (words related to STIR)

• TEASER
  A jager gull. (more info) 1. One who teases or vexes.
• DISPOSEMENT
  Disposal. Goodwin.
• PROMPT-BOOK
  The book used by a prompter of a theater.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
  See ASCENDENCY
• INDUCER
  One who, or that which, induces or incites.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• ROUSE
  To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• AGITATE
  1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• ACTUATE
  Etym: 1. To put into action or motion; to move or incite to action; to influence actively; to move as motives do; -- more commonly used of persons. Wings, which others were contriving to actuate by the perpetual motion. Johnson. Men of the greatest
• DRIVEL
  To be weak or foolish; to dote; as, a driveling hero; driveling love. Shak. Dryden. (more info) 1. To slaver; to let spittle drop or flow from the mouth, like a child, idiot, or dotard. 2. Etym:
• DRIVE
  To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. Tomlinson. 7. To pass away; -- said of time. Chaucer. Note: Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body is to move it by
• ASCENDENCY
  Governing or controlling influence; domination; power. An undisputed ascendency. Macaulay. Custom has an ascendency over the understanding. Watts. Syn. -- Control; authority; influence; sway; dominion; prevalence; domination.
• DISPOSE
  Etym: 1. To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent. Who hath disposed the whole world Job xxxiv. 13. All ranged in order and disposed with grace. Pope. The rest themselves in
• DISPOSEDNESS
  The state of being disposed or inclined; inclination; propensity.
• PROMPTLY
  In a prompt manner.
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• ALARM
  1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• INACTUATE
  To put in action.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• ENQUICKEN
  To quicken; to make alive. Dr. H. More.
• DISQUIETTUDE
  Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp.
• SUTURALLY
  In a sutural manner.
• TROUSERING
  Cloth or material for making trousers.
• OVERTROUBLED
  Excessively troubled.
• WIND-SHAKEN
  Shaken by the wind; specif. ,
• EFFLAGITATE
  To ask urgently. Cockeram.
• DISQUIETLY
  In a disquiet manner; uneasily; as, he rested disquietly that night. Wiseman.