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Stirring

adjective

1.

Capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement. Synonym: rousing. "Stirring events such as wars and rescues"

2.

Exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions. Synonym: soul-stirring.

noun

1.

Agitating a liquid with an implement.

2.

Arousing to a particular emotion or action. Synonym: inspiration.

Stir

verb

(past & past part. stirred; pres. part. stirring)

1.

Move an implement through. "Stir my drink" , "Stir the soil"

2.

Move very slightly. Synonyms: agitate, budge, shift.

3.

Stir feelings in. Synonyms: excite, stimulate. "Excite the audience" , "Stir emotions"

4.

Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of. Synonyms: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate. "The civil war shook the country"

5.

Affect emotionally. Synonym: touch. "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

6.

Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise. "He conjured wild birds in the air" , "Call down the spirits from the mountain"

7.

To begin moving,. Synonym: arouse.

8.

Mix or add by stirring.

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"Stirring" Quotes from Famous Books

... shut the lid down before leaving the room this night. She stood looking at the lock, and considering how this could be, and as she remained perfectly still, she heard, or thought she heard some one breathing near her. Holding in her own breath, she listened and cautiously looked round without stirring from the place where she stood—one of the window curtains moved, so at least she thought—yes, certainly there was some living thing behind it. It might be Lady Davenant's great dog; but looking again at the bottom of the curtain she saw a human ...

— Helen • Maria Edgeworth

... also, is opposite, and I often look on savory messes as they ripen on the fire—a stirring with a long iron spoon. This spoon is of such unusual length that even if one supped with the devil (surely the fearful adage cannot apply to our quiet street) he might lift his food in safety from the ...

— Chimney-Pot Papers • Charles S. Brooks

... the most noble, chivalrous, and gifted spirits that ever gathered round a throne, is not to be judged of as the flattery which cringing courtiers pay to a dreaded tyrant; but rather as the outpouring of a general enthusiasm, the echo of the stirring voice of chivalry, and the expression of the feelings of ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1-20 • Various

... up, then gently folded back the window shutters, and lookt across the narrow street. But no light was stirring; the opposite house was quite dark; the dear form that dwelt in it, and that was wont to appear there about this time engaged in divers household affairs, seemed to be absent. 'Perhaps she may be at the ball,' thought Emilius, little as it sorted with her retired way ...

— The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano - Tales from the German of Tieck • Ludwig Tieck

... breath of air was stirring; a dead, oppressive calm, like the sultriness of noonday, had settled down on land and water. Half an hour later the west was inky black with massed storm clouds and fleecy forerunners of the coming tempest were straying one after ...

— Canoe Boys and Campfires - Adventures on Winding Waters • William Murray Graydon

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