shit-stir
- noun
- /ʃɪt stɜr/
- Offensive
:
cizañero
- Whenever politics came up, the group fell silent until a shit-stir injected chaos.
And like my mind, Hermie was a shit stir.
- And like my mind, Hermie was a shit stir.
Examples
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The moderators banned a persistent shit-stir who kept starting arguments in the comment threads.
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Don't be such a shit-stir during the meeting.
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No one trusted the new member because he acted like a shit-stir from the first post.
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That guy is a real shit-stir in our group chat.
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The moderators banned a persistent shit-stir who kept starting arguments in the comment threads.
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No one trusted the new member because he acted like a shit-stir from the first post.
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That guy is a real shit-stir in our group chat.
Synonyms
12
6.8
A person who starts trouble or urges others to act
2
6.0
A person who causes small trouble by playing tricks or starting gossip
1
7.3
A person who spreads gossip to start arguments
1
7.5
A person who starts trouble on purpose to make others react
A person in an online group who often posts rude or silly messages to get a reaction
A person who says things that make people angry or start fights
A person who makes small problems into big arguments
Antonyms
How Provoking
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6.5
- Literature
6
8.5
- Offensive
14
8.8
12
6.8
- Offensive
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4.1
62
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shit-stir as a noun names a person made from shit ('a messy or bad thing') and stir ('to move or mix something'), a person who 'stirs the pot' to make people argue, so a shit-stir is someone who causes trouble or starts fights.