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View synonyms for stirring

stirring

[ stur-ing ]

adjective

  1. rousing, exciting, or thrilling:

    a stirring speech.

  2. moving, active, bustling, or lively:

    a stirring business.



noun

  1. a mental impulse, sensation, or feeling:

    stirrings of hope.

  2. a small movement:

    the best thing she could do was to pretend that her husband's nocturnal stirrings didn't wake her

stirring

/ ˈstɜːrɪŋ /

adjective

  1. exciting the emotions; stimulating
  2. active, lively, or busy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈstirringly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • stirring·ly adverb
  • un·stirring adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stirring1

before 900; Middle English stiringe, Old English styriende. See stir 1, -ing 2
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Example Sentences

The category also honors a few shows that have ended their runs, such as “Pose,” FX’s stirring and groundbreaking drama, and HBO’s recently canceled horror-drama “Lovecraft Country.”

Cook, stirring, until all the spinach is wilted, but still bright green, about 2 minutes.

Add the remaining 2 teaspoons of garlic and cook, stirring, until it turns pale golden, 20 to 30 seconds.

Add the rest of the flour-cornmeal mixture, stirring until it disappears into the batter.

The film is a beautiful, stirring story about people, as Abuela Claudia puts it, who are “asserting our dignity in small ways,” making sure “little details that tell the world we are not invisible” get their chance on center stage.

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The gathering of the thousands of cops had been a soul-stirring sight.

Cook, stirring often, for 10 minutes or until the sugar is completely dissolved and the mixture is smooth.

Add chocolate and butter to the bowl and melt, stirring to combine.

Economic development, then, is not simply about adding a cornucopia of talent or cool, then shaking and stirring it like a drink.

Sprinkle on the flour and cook for 30 seconds, stirring constantly.

Hence it was that he found in Great Britain an implacable enemy ever stirring up against him European coalitions.

At any rate his stirring advice and the dispatches he brought roused the military authorities at Meerut into activity.

I told them of the stirring times in Cuba, till the day came when we stormed the hill, and they had to carry me back to the sea.

It was a stirring time, for Scotchmen encounter their Hogmanhay with ardent spirits.

As they brush the holly-leaves, in passing, the very sprays that touch the dresses of the scared girls are stirring.

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