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. - ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
See ASCENDENCY - DELIGHTING
Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor. - 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. - SUTURALLY
In a sutural manner. - DISQUIETTUDE
Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp. - OVERTROUBLED
Excessively troubled. - TROUSERING
Cloth or material for making trousers. - 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.