stirred up
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4.4
- idiom
:
agitado
- The only hatred that Doctor Starkey stirred up was against himself.
But when we give him permission, when we give him permission, we can be stirred up.
- But when we give him permission, when we give him permission, we can be stirred up.
- Always there's something I had settled before that is now stirred up again, something I'd gotten rid of that has returned.
Examples
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So you see people get kind of stirred up about this stuff and there are some remarkably arrogant people out there.
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And when that primal stuff gets stirred up, their claws come out.
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To comfort them, not to get them stirred up.
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And so you have no idea what got stirred up other than fear and angst and something else.
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Now a bunch of the other Outsiders are stirred up, too.
Fiction book (1996) -
They're all about the the fear tactics stirred up about the trade deficit.
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And when that primal stuff gets stirred up, their claws come out.
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So it's being said, but it is, in my estimation, dark and and ugly forces that are being stirred up in America primarily by, by Donald Trump.
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Might it then occur to you that you're being stirred up by a lot of propaganda designed to get you to believe something that isn't true?
Blog text (6) -
The emotional speech really stirred up the audience, leaving many in tears.
Synonyms
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6.5
Very upset or nervous because of strong feelings
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5.2
Feeling very nervous and unable to relax
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5.1
Very excited and full of energy because something good is about to happen
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5.3
Very noisy and upset because people are angry or worried
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6.4
Worried or upset because of something unexpected
Moved by something touching or exciting
Feeling excited in a strong emotional or physical way
Feeling excited and interested after hearing or seeing something
Angry and upset because something caused trouble
Antonyms
How Agitated
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'emotionally aroused' is directly derivable from combining 'stirred' (to agitate or rouse) with the intensifying particle 'up' (to increase or heighten). This verb+particle composition transparently conveys heightened emotional agitation and follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Stirred up comes from the image of stirring a pot so the liquid moves, bubbles and becomes noisy, with stirred and up showing movement. So when someone is stirred up, their feelings are moving and noisy inside and they are 'upset' or 'excited'.