Antonyms for stir up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : stur
Phonetic Transcription : stÉœr


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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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