Stirs Synonyms and Antonyms

To induce or elicit (a reaction or emotion).
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. awakens
  2. kindles
  3. wakens
  4. inflames
  5. provokes
  6. raises
  7. enlivens
  8. rouses
  9. rallies
  10. arouses
  11. awakes
To impart slight movement to
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. moves
  2. budges
To cease sleeping
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wakens
  2. wakes
  3. rouses
  4. awakens
  5. awakes
  6. arouses
Move very slightly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. agitates
  2. moves
  3. budges
  4. shifts
Antonyms:
  1. rests
  2. retires
  3. waits
  4. lazes
To put together into one mass so that the constituent parts are more or less homogeneous
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. amalgamates
  2. blends
  3. mixes
  4. mingles
  5. merges
  6. intermixes
  7. intermingles
  8. fuses
  9. commixes
  10. commingles
A prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. bustles
  2. splashes
  3. moves
  4. fusses
  5. motions
  6. agitations
  7. flurries
  8. tumults
  9. movements
A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pokies
  2. jugs
  3. joints
  4. coops
  5. clinks
  6. cans
  7. pens
  8. prisons
  9. penitentiaries
  10. keeps
  11. jails
  12. houses-of-correction
  13. slammers
  14. coolers
  15. lockups
A condition of intense public interest or excitement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. to-dos
  2. uproars
  3. sensations
Commotion, excitement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. whirls
  2. flurries
  3. bustles
  4. whirlpools
Antonyms:
  1. calms
  2. quiets
  3. peaces
An interruption of regular procedure or of public peace
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. to-dos
  2. flaps
  3. disorders
  4. uproars
  5. turmoils
  6. turbulences
  7. tumults
  8. disturbances
  9. commotions
  10. agitations
To begin moving,
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. arouses
To excite strong feelings in or rouse, as from indifference:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. provokes

Words Related to Stirs

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Stirs Sentence Examples

  • This cools and stirs the lead when crystals begin to form.

  • The opening monolog features a Welsh radio shock jock who stirs controversy by saying the word " sod " on the air.

  • Another says clever things and one doesn't care to listen, but this one talks rubbish yet stirs an old fellow up.

  • Nothing stirs a mom's heart like a picture of her baby.

  • The principal tools of the Malays are the parang or golok, a heavy knife used in the jungle, without which no peasant ever stirs abroad from his house, the beliong or native axe, and the pisau Taut, which is used for scraping rattan.

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