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unstirring

unstirring

7.2
Not causing strong feelings or interest
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈstɜrɪŋ/
translation icon : aburrido
  • The movie was so unstirring that many people left before it ended.

Examples

  • The unstirring speech left the audience feeling bored.

  • His unstirring response to the news surprised everyone in the room.

  • Despite the important topic, her presentation remained unstirring throughout.

  • Her unstirring demeanor made it hard to tell what she was thinking.

  • The lecture was so unstirring that most students struggled to stay awake.

  • His unstirring tone during the announcement left everyone feeling indifferent.

  • Even though the topic was serious, the report was unstirring and failed to engage the audience.

Synonyms

boring
vsunstirring
721 1.0

Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient

also highlights a lack of emotional stirring or excitement
dull
vsunstirring
182 1.3

Not interesting or lively

is specifically about dullness combined with low emotional effect
uninteresting
vsunstirring
20 1.4

Not exciting and likely to make people bored

adds that it also lacks emotional response or excitement
lifeless
vsunstirring
19 3.6

Without energy or interest and making people feel bored

is similar but stresses also the absence of emotional effect
uninspired
vsunstirring
14 4.0

Not having new or interesting ideas

is about causing no excitement or emotional response rather than quality
unemotional
vsunstirring
11 4.4

Not showing strong feelings

also stresses being dull and failing to excite others
uninspiring
vsunstirring
7 3.5

Not interesting or exciting

adds that it specifically lacks emotional stirring or excitement
unenthusiastic
vsunstirring
4 3.9

Not showing much interest or excitement

focuses more on causing no emotional reaction or excitement in others
unexciting
vsunstirring
3 3.2

Not interesting or exciting

includes that it also fails to produce emotion or feeling
undramatic
vsunstirring
1 4.2

Having no strong emotion and not exciting

is broader, meaning both dullness and lacking emotional stirring
affectless
vsunstirring
1 9.3

A person who shows no emotion in the face or voice

is about causing little interest or excitement as well as no feeling
unengaging
vsunstirring
1 4.6

Not interesting and does not hold attention

is broader meaning both dull and lacking emotional appeal
unsensational
vsunstirring
1 6.0

Calm and not meant to excite or shock people

is closer to personal emotional dullness and lack of interest
unmoving
vsunstirring
5.5

Not causing strong feelings or interest in people

focuses on dullness and lack of excitement rather than emotional stillness
unaffecting
vsunstirring
7.7

Does not make people feel strong emotion

is broader, stressing both dullness and low emotional effect
unarousing
vsunstirring
5.6

Not causing excitement or interest

is similar but places equal weight on being dull and unemotional
unentertaining
vsunstirring
4.5

Not interesting to watch, read or listen to

is wider, covering lack of excitement and lack of feeling
unstimulating
vsunstirring
5.1

Does not interest, excite, or make people feel energetic

focuses more on failing to excite emotionally as well as interest
flattish
vsunstirring
4.6

Not very energetic or lively in mood

is stronger, meaning wholly unemotional and unexciting rather than slight
unenergetic
vsunstirring
4.0

Feeling too tired to be active or interested

is about not causing interest or emotional reaction rather than low energy
unmotivating
vsunstirring
4.3

Not making someone feel interested or willing to do something

is about general lack of excitement and emotional response rather than motivation
unalluring
vsunstirring
6.8

Not attractive or interesting

is about causing no emotional or exciting reaction rather than appearance
nonchallenging
vsunstirring
4.0

Boring and not interesting to think about or feel

is about failing to stir emotion or excitement rather than difficulty level
unmuscular
vsunstirring
  • Literature
6.6

Having weak, slow style and little energy

is about failing to create emotion or interest rather than strength of style
unenlivened
vsunstirring
8.5

Not made more interesting or exciting

is about failing to produce emotion or interest rather than only liveliness

Antonyms

1.0

Making people feel very interested and eager

535 2.1

Showing strong feelings that are easy to see

How Moving

moving
7 3.3
affecting
4.4
unstirring
7.2
dull
182 1.3
unemotional
11 4.4

Surface Forms

unstirring positive

Morphology

unstirring = stirring (semi-transparent) = un + stir + ing

The negation is clear, but the sense relies on the figurative adjective 'stirring' meaning emotionally exciting.

Etymology

Unstirring comes from un- 'not' and stir 'to move or to excite feeling', so a film or person that is 'unstirring' fails to move people's feelings and feels dull. A helpful way to remember it is that it does not 'stir' your emotions.