Unscramble stir

Definition of stir

noun:

• a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared". Synonyms: splash.
• emotional agitation and excitement.
• a rapid active commotion. Synonyms: ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle.

verb:

• move an implement through; "stir the soup", "stir my drink", "stir the soil".
• move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat". Synonyms: agitate, budge, shift.
• stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite", "excite the audience", "stir emotions". Synonyms: excite, stimulate.
• stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community", "the civil war shook the country". Synonyms: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate.
• affect emotionally; "A stirring movie", "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy". Synonyms: touch.
• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment", "he conjured wild birds in the air", "call down the spirits from the mountain". Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise.
• to begin moving,; "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir". Synonyms: arouse.
• mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough".

Related words

affright, anathemise, anathemize, animate, arouse, bedamn, beshrew, bless, blow, churn, curse, damn, disgust, elate, electricity, enliven, exalt, excite, fellate, fright, frighten, fuel, get, horripilate, imprecate, inspire, intoxicate, invigorate, invite, maledict, masturbate, paddle, quicken, repel, revolt, scare, sensation, sex, suck, tempt, thrill, tickle, titillate, uplift, vibrate, wank, whet, work.

Words nearby

astir, sir, stair, star, stirk.

Rhymes with

birr, blur, bur, burr, chauffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cur, defer, demur, deter, entrepreneur, err, fir, fur, incur, infer, inter, liqueur.