Antonyms for stir up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : stur |
Phonetic Transcription : stÉœr |
- abandon
- abridge
- aid
- alleviate
- allow
- anger
- annoy
- appease
- arrange
- ascend
- assist
- assure
- be content
- be happy
- be still
- block
- bore
- bring down
- calm
- cease
- check
- clarify
- clear up
- close
- comfort
- compose
- conclude
- condemn
- contract
- cool
- cure
- dampen
- deaden
- decrease
- delay
- delight
- demolish
- depart
- depress
- destroy
- deter
- diminish
- disappoint
- discourage
- disenchant
- disgust
- dishearten
- displace
- displease
- dissuade
- disturb
- divide
- do well
- drop
- dull
- educate
- encourage
- end
- enlighten
- expect
- explain
- explicate
- facilitate
- fail
- finish
- fix
- forbear
- forget
- freeze
- frustrate
- give in
- go to sleep
- go up
- halt
- help
- hinder
- hold
- hold back
- hypnotize
- ignore
- illuminate
- impede
- kill
- laze
- leave
- leave alone
- lessen
- let go
- liquefy
- lose
- lower
- lull
- make happy
- make well
- mend
- misconstrue
- mismanage
- miss
- misunderstand
- moderate
- mollify
- nap
- neglect
- order
- organize
- overtake
- overthrow
- pacify
- pass
- placate
- place
- please
- praise
- prevent
- prohibit
- put out
- quell
- quiet
- raze
- reassure
- reduce
- release
- remain
- remove
- repress
- repulse
- rest
- retard
- rise
- ruin
- separate
- settle
- shorten
- shrink
- shut down
- silence
- sleep
- slow
- soften
- soothe
- speak clearly
- stay
- steady
- stifle
- stop
- straighten
- succeed
- support
- suppress
- surrender
- talk out of
- tire
- tranquilize
- turn off
- uncomplicate
- understand
- untangle
- untwist
- upset
- wait
- weaken
- yield
Definition of stir up
Origin :- Old English styrian, from Proto-Germanic *sturjanan (cf. Middle Dutch stoeren, Dutch storen "to disturb," Old High German storan "to scatter, destroy," German stören "to disturb"), probably from the root of storm (q.v.). The noun sense of "commotion, disturbance, tumult" (late 14c., in phrase on steir) is probably from Old Norse styrr "disturbance, tumult" (see storm), from the same Proto-Germanic root; the sense of "movement, bustle" is probably from the English verb. Stir-fry (v.) is attested from 1959.
- As in incite : verb encourage, provoke
- As in instigate : verb influence, provoke
- As in muddle : verb confuse, disorganize
- As in perturb : verb upset, unsettle
- As in prod : verb urge, incite
- As in awake : verb become or make aware
- As in awaken : verb make conscious or alert
- As in raise : verb start up, motivate; introduce
- As in remind : verb awaken memories of something
- As in set : verb start, incite
- As in shake : verb quiver, tremble
- As in shake up : verb upset, unsettle
- As in stimulate : verb excite, provoke
- As in stir : verb incite, stimulate
- As in thrill : verb excite, stimulate
- As in trouble : verb bother, worry
- As in turn on : verb excite, please
- As in upset : verb bother, trouble
- As in wake/waken : verb excite, stimulate
- As in whip up : verb incite, excite
- As in work up : verb stimulate
- As in brew : verb plan, devise
- As in roil : verb irritate
- As in churn : verb mix up, beat
- As in confuse : verb bewilder someone
- As in egg on : verb push to do something
- As in evoke : verb induce, stimulate
- As in excite : verb inspire; upset
- As in fan : verb provoke
- As in ferment : verb split into simpler substances; be agitated
- As in fluster : verb upset, perturb
- As in foment : verb instigate, provoke
- As in anger : verb make someone mad; become mad
- As in get : verb have an effect on
- What good would it do yourself or your husband to stir up all the dead past?
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- Take it off the fire, beat up the yolks of three eggs with a spoonful of oil, and stir up all together till it is quite cold.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- Asaph knew this, but he delighted to stir up his chum occasionally.
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I doubt if it be safe to sleep, lest he should stir up mutiny in the night.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- Send him to London to see Danvers and to stir up your friends there.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- Why need he stir up in her a deeper sorrow than any she had felt?
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- I'm simply dying for something to stir up my blood and set it circulating.
- Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
- He didn't want to stir up the thing on poor Cynthy's account.
- Extract from : « The Rainy Day Railroad War » by Holman Day
- There's the lake, and here comes the porter to stir up the dust.
- Extract from : « Judy of York Hill » by Ethel Hume Patterson Bennett
- So the two held counsel together how they might stir up war.
- Extract from : « Stories From Livy » by Alfred Church
Synonyms for stir up
- abash
- abet
- accelerate
- acerbate
- acidify
- activate
- actuate
- add fuel
- add fuel to fire
- addle
- adjy
- admonish
- advance
- advise
- affect
- afflict
- affront
- aggravate
- agitate
- ail
- alarm
- alert
- amaze
- amuse
- anger
- animate
- annoy
- antagonize
- arouse
- astonish
- astound
- attract
- awake
- awaken
- baffle
- bait
- be violent
- becloud
- bedevil
- befuddle
- begin
- bemuse
- bend
- bestir
- bethink
- bewilder
- bias
- blow away
- blow up
- blunder
- boil
- boil over
- botch
- bother
- brandish
- break with past
- breed
- brew
- bring about
- bring back to
- bring to mind
- bring up
- bristle
- broach
- bubble
- bug
- build a fire under
- bump
- bungle
- burden
- burn
- burn up
- call
- call attention
- call forth
- call to mind
- call up
- captivate
- carry
- cause
- cause revolution
- caution
- chafe
- challenge
- chatter
- churn
- churn up
- cite
- clean out
- clean up
- clear out
- cloud
- clutter
- coax
- commence
- commove
- compel
- complicate
- compound
- concern
- concoct
- concuss
- confound
- confuse
- conjure
- contrive
- convulse
- cramp
- craze
- cross
- crowd
- cultivate
- darken
- daze
- debilitate
- delight
- demoralize
- derange
- develop
- disarrange
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- discommode
- discompose
- disconcert
- discountenance
- dismay
- disoblige
- disorder
- disorient
- displease
- dispose
- disquiet
- dissolve
- distract
- distress
- disturb
- dither
- dodder
- drive
- drive up the wall
- dynamize
- educe
- effervesce
- egg on
- elate
- electrify
- elicit
- embarrass
- embitter
- emphasize
- enchant
- encourage
- energize
- engender
- enkindle
- enliven
- enrage
- entangle
- entertain
- enthuse
- evaporate
- evince
- evoke
- evolve
- exacerbate
- exasperate
- excite
- exhilarate
- exhort
- expand
- extend
- extort
- extract
- fan
- fan the fire
- fan the flames
- faze
- feed the fire
- ferment
- fester
- fire
- fire up
- fizz
- flap
- flicker
- flip
- flip out
- flit
- flitter
- floor
- flourish
- fluctuate
- flurry
- flush
- fluster
- flutter
- foam
- fog
- foment
- force
- form
- forward
- foster
- foul
- foul up
- freshen
- fret
- froth
- frustrate
- fuddle
- further
- gall
- galvanize
- gather
- generate
- get mad
- get on one's nerves
- get one going
- get one started
- get started
- get to
- get up
- give a bad time
- give a cue
- give a hard time
- give rise to
- glow
- go over big
- goad
- goose
- grab
- grasp
- gratify
- grieve
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- hatch
- heat
- hint
- hook
- hound
- hurry
- impassion
- impel
- impend
- imply
- impose on
- impress
- improve
- incapacitate
- incense
- incite
- inconvenience
- increase
- indispose
- induce
- inflame
- influence
- infuriate
- initiate
- innervate
- innerve
- insinuate
- inspire
- inspirit
- instigate
- intensify
- intimate
- introduce
- invoke
- involve
- irk
- irritate
- jar
- jazz
- jazz up
- jerk
- jog
- jog memory
- jog one's memory
- joggle
- jolt
- jounce
- juice
- jumble
- key up
- kindle
- knock one's socks off
- lay up
- lead astray
- leaven
- liquidate
- loom
- lose one's temper
- louse up
- madden
- make a clean sweep
- make a fuss
- make a mess of
- make a scene
- make nervous
- make one remember
- make one think
- make sore
- make waves
- mention
- mess
- mess up
- miff
- milk
- misarrange
- misinform
- mislead
- mix
- mix up
- mock
- moil
- moot
- mortify
- motivate
- move
- muck
- muddle
- mull
- mumble
- murmur
- muster up
- mystify
- needle
- nettle
- nonplus
- note
- notice
- nurse
- nurture
- obscure
- occasion
- offend
- oscillate
- outrage
- overflow
- overturn
- pain
- palpitate
- pep up
- perk
- perplex
- persuade
- perturb
- pester
- pick on
- pile out
- pique
- plague
- plan
- plot
- point out
- pother
- precipitate
- predispose
- prick
- prod
- produce
- project
- promote
- prompt
- propel
- provoke
- psych
- psych out
- purge
- push
- put forward
- put in mind
- put in motion
- put out
- put up to
- puzzle
- quail
- quake
- quaver
- quicken
- quiver
- rabble-rouse
- race one's motor
- raise
- raise hell
- rally
- rankle
- rant
- rattle
- rave
- ravel
- recall
- recollect
- reel
- refresh memory
- remember
- remind
- reminisce
- remove
- render uncertain
- renew
- reorganize
- resurrect
- retain
- retrospect
- revive
- rid
- rile
- ripen
- rise
- rise and shine
- rock
- rock the boat
- roil
- roll out
- rouse
- roust
- rout
- ruffle
- sadden
- satisfy
- scheme
- score
- scramble
- see
- seethe
- send
- set
- set in motion
- set off
- set on
- set up
- shame
- shimmer
- shimmy
- shiver
- shock
- show
- show a leg
- shudder
- shuffle
- sic
- sicken
- simmer
- snafu
- snarl
- solicit
- sound
- sour
- sow the seeds
- spark
- sparkle
- spirit
- spoil
- spook
- spur
- stagger
- start
- steam up
- stew
- stimulate
- stir
- stir embers
- stir up
- strain
- stress
- strike
- stumble
- stump
- stupefy
- succuss
- suggest
- summon
- support
- sway
- swing
- swirl
- switch on
- talk into
- tangle
- taunt
- tease
- tempt
- thrill
- throw
- throw off
- throw off balance
- tickle
- tingle
- titillate
- torment
- toss
- totter
- touch
- touch off
- tremble
- tremor
- trigger
- trouble
- try
- tumble
- turn
- turn on
- turn out
- turn upside down
- umbrage
- understand
- unhinge
- unnerve
- unsettle
- upset
- urge
- vex
- vibrate
- vitalize
- vivify
- waggle
- wake
- wake up
- waken
- warm
- warn
- water
- wave
- weave
- whet
- whip
- whip up
- wobble
- work
- work up
- worry
- wow
- zip up
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