1. Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
   - moved, affected, touched 
2. Emotionally aroused
   - stimulated, stirred up, aroused 
3. Set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend

1. Move an implement through
   "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil" 
2. Move very slightly
   - shift, budge, agitate 
3. Stir feelings in
   "stir emotions"
   - stimulate, excite 
4. Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
   - stimulate, shake, shake up, excite 
5. Affect emotionally
   "A stirring movie"
   - touch 
6. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
   - raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth 
7. To begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
   - arouse 
8. Mix or add by stirring
   "Stir nuts into the dough"

See also: affected, agitated, emotional, excited, sick, stir up, stirrer, stirring

Type of: affect, arouse, create, displace, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, impress, kindle, make, move, provoke, raise, sensitise [Brit], sensitize, strike, work

Encyclopedia: Stir

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