bestirring
Shaking off inertia
Bestirring is the act of rousing oneself or others to activity.
The word carries a sense of shaking off inertia or sluggishness: She was already bestirring herself in the kitchen when I woke.
It appears most often in literary or formal contexts, suggesting deliberate effort to become active after rest or idleness.
Inciting to action
- promptingGiving reminders to continue
- urgingStrongly encouraging action
- impellingDriving to act
- incitingUrging others to act
inspiring · goading · prodding · driving · propelling · energizing · invigorating · animating
Exciting strong feeling
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- wakingRegaining consciousness from sleep
- risingAct of ascending
alertness · consciousness · enlivening · quickening · reviving · animating · galvanizing · rallying
Change in position
- activityEngagement in doing
- motionChange in position
- hustleEnergetic, aggressive action
- bustleEnergetic noisy activity
exertion · effort · mobilizing · scrambling · springing · hastening · hurrying · setting about
spurring
Inciting to action
inciting · inspiring · goading · prodding · driving · propelling · energizing · invigorating · animating · stimulating
rousing
Exciting strong feeling
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- wakingRegaining consciousness from sleep
rising · alertness · consciousness · enlivening · quickening · reviving · animating · galvanizing · rallying · summoning
movement
Change in position
bustle · exertion · effort · mobilizing · scrambling · springing · hastening · hurrying · setting about · commencing
bestirringsitting idle
resting · staying put · sitting still · stagnating · languishing
bestirringsubsiding
Decreasing in intensity
quieting · calming · relaxing · winding down · slowing
bestirringidling
Operating without working
lazing · loafing · dawdling · procrastinating · languishing
stir, stirring, stirred, stirs, bestir, stirrable, unstirring, bestirred, bestirs