soul-stirring
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7.1
- adjective
- /ˈsoʊlˌstɜrɪŋ/
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conmovedor
- Her soul-stirring speech inspired the audience to take action for change.
- soul-stirring gospel
- soul-stirring music
- perform a soul-stirring
Examples
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Thoreau claims that "clear and unprejudiced ears hear the sweetest and most soul-stirring melody in tinkling cowbells and the like (dogs baying at the moon).
Academic text (2016) -
They kiss—a long, deep, soul-stirring kiss.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's exhilarating, challenging, and soul-stirring.
Academic text (2004) -
I find it in taking the time to entwine my fingers with her little six-year-old ones and listen to really good, soul-stirring music together.
Blog text (19) -
Not, perhaps, a cause célèbre of quite the same soul-stirring magnitude, but progress nonetheless.
Blog text (16) -
When we still tried to talk, the dining hall sound system blared out loud pioneer music, old-fashioned soul-stirring crap I had enjoyed as a kid, but found bitterly inappropriate now.
Fiction book (1993) -
And, unforgivably, you left out the highlight of the evening: the magnificent, soul-stirring rendition of what is arguably her greatest song, "Like a Prayer," which had 20,000 people on their feet in ecstasy.
Blog text (12) -
But suddenly Gregorio Nacianceno would spark your curiosity, as if he were a vivid image of your own youth: your own double from that past, when your old, soul-stirring dreams of glory were reduced to ashes and restless attempts.
Fiction book (1993) -
The choir's soul-stirring anthem moved everyone to tears during the memorial service.
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They watched a soul-stirring documentary that highlighted the struggles of those who fought for civil rights.
Synonyms
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4.5
Having deep feelings that move people
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3.3
Causing strong feelings, often sadness
Making people feel strong, positive feelings
Antonyms
How Moving
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Soul-stirring joins soul, meaning 'deep inner self', and stirring, from stir, meaning 'to move' or 'to mix'. So something soul-stirring is like a feeling being stirred inside you, which is why it describes things that deeply move or inspire people.