stir
Rouse from sleep
Stir means to move something around, typically a liquid or mixture, using circular motions: Stir the soup so it doesn't burn.
More broadly, to stir is to cause movement or activity: The wind stirred the leaves.
To stir emotions is to arouse them: The speech stirred the crowd.
If you don't stir from a place, you don't move from it.
A stir is commotion or excitement: The announcement caused quite a stir.
In slang, stir means prison: He did ten years in stir.
Rotating, curving movement
- churnAgitate cream into butter
- circulateMove in a loop
- rotateTurn about an axis
- twirlRotate rapidly, often playfully
agitate · spin · eddy · vortex · ripple · undulate · ruffle · roil
Looped wire mixer
- blendCombine into mixture
- mixCombine different elements
- foldBend onto itself
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
combine · spatula · ladle · spoon · simmer · saucepan · pot · batter
Stir to wakefulness
- arouseTo stimulate or excite
- wakenRouse from slumber
- awakenRouse from slumber
- reviveRestore consciousness or vigor
animate · stimulate · provoke · prompt · spark · kindle · incite · galvanize
Public expression of disapproval
- unrestState of public disturbance
- riotViolent public disturbance
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- rebellionDefiance of established power
revolt · demonstration · commotion · outcry · discontent · dissent · ferment · strife
Intense emotional drive
- feelingsEmotional responses experienced internally
- sentimentFelt attitude or view
- empathySharing another's emotions
- heartstringsDeep emotional attachments
compassion · pity · longing · nostalgia · desire · excitement · thrill · flutter
swirl
Rotating, curving movement
twirl · agitate · spin · eddy · vortex · ripple · undulate · ruffle · roil · muddy
whisk
Looped wire mixer
beat · combine · spatula · ladle · spoon · simmer · saucepan · pot · batter · sauce
rouse
Stir to wakefulness
revive · animate · stimulate · provoke · prompt · spark · kindle · incite · galvanize · inspire
protest
Public expression of disapproval
rebellion · revolt · demonstration · commotion · outcry · discontent · dissent · ferment · strife · disturbance
passion
Intense emotional drive
- feelingsEmotional responses experienced internally
- sentimentFelt attitude or view
- empathySharing another's emotions
heartstrings · compassion · pity · longing · nostalgia · desire · excitement · thrill · flutter · tug
- stir upCause to arise
- pot stirrerOne who provokes discord
- stirred upIncited or agitated
- stir fryQuick high-heat cooking
- stirring upCausing to activate
- cause a stirCreate noticeable commotion
stirring, stirred, stirs, stirrer, unstirred, stirrers, stirringly, stirrable, restirred