- affected, stirred, touched - emotionally affected; "very touched by the stranger's kindness"
Antonym: unmoved (indirect, via moved)
- stimulated, stirred, stirred up, aroused - emotionally aroused
Antonym: unexcited (indirect, via excited)
- stirred - set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend
Antonym: unagitated (indirect, via agitated)
- stir - move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"
--1 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun stirrer2
The chefs stir the vegetables
- stir, shift, budge, agitate - move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
The crowds stir in the streets
The streets stir with crowds
- stimulate, excite, stir - stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
--3 is one way to sensitize, sensitise
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun stir2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
--4 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun stir2, noun stirrer1
The performance is likely to stir Sue
- touch, stir - affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
--5 is one way to affect, impress, move, strike
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun stir2, noun stirring2
The performance is likely to stir Sue
- raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth - evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
--6 is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- arouse, stir - to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
--7 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- stir - mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
--8 is one way to work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP