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stirring

stirring

3.9
Making people feel strong, positive feelings
  • adjective
  • /ˈstɜrɪŋ/
translation icon : inspirador
  • The film's final scene was so stirring that the audience was moved to tears.

Then Biden issued a stirring call for the nation to come together.

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Examples

  • Then it was on to the main event, the reading of the Declaration, which really is stirring when you hear it read out loud and with vigor.

  • Then Biden issued a stirring call for the nation to come together.

  • OK, Well, I thought it was a stirring moment yesterday.

  • So going back there for that was really kind of stirring in a way, kind of moving for me.

  • And he gave a very stirring speech where he said, like, help us out.

  • So we have these nice stirring diagrams to be commended for.

  • Then it was on to the main event, the reading of the Declaration, which really is stirring when you hear it read out loud and with vigor.

  • Now, right off the top, the Reverend Samuel Rodriguez got things started with a stirring invocation.

  • They marched on City Hall, and King would always get up with his powerful stirring words to remind these protesters about the importance of their core philosophy.

  • A socialist and stirring orator named Alexander Kerensky became Russia's new Prime Minister and was hailed as the man who would save Russia from anarchy.

Synonyms

exciting
vsstirring
1.0

Making people feel very interested and eager

is more about heartfelt uplift than high arousal
inspiring
vsstirring
138 3.6

Makes people feel excited and want to try something new

emphasizes touching people emotionally rather than only stimulating action
thrilling
vsstirring
102 3.6

Making you feel very excited, like on a fast roller coaster

focuses more on heartfelt uplift rather than physical excitement
rousing
vsstirring
24 4.0

Causes strong excitement and makes people want to act

is more about heartfelt uplift than merely prompting energetic action
electrifying
vsstirring
16 4.5

Makes people feel a sudden, strong excitement

aims more at lasting emotional uplift rather than brief excitement
moving
vsstirring
7 3.3

Causing strong feelings, often sadness

leans more toward positive uplift rather than sorrowful feeling
soul-stirring
vsstirring
1 7.1

Making you feel very strong emotions

is more about positive uplift than sheer emotional depth
galvanizing
vsstirring
1 6.8

Causing people to become suddenly excited and ready to act

focuses more on heartfelt uplift than sudden mass motivation
enlivening
vsstirring
1 4.8

Giving something more energy and excitement

tends to mean heartfelt uplift rather than mere increased liveliness
movant
vsstirring
  • Archaic
9.9

Causing strong feelings that make people feel sad or touched

is the common, modern form focusing on positive effect
animating
vsstirring
4.4

Making people or things feel lively and full of energy

leans toward heartfelt uplift rather than adding physical energy

Antonyms

182 1.3

Not interesting or lively

7 3.5

Not interesting or exciting

How Moving

inspiring
138 3.6
stirring
3.9
moving
7 3.3
touching
1 3.4

Surface Forms

stirring positive
stirrer comparative
stirringest superlative

Morphology

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

Morphologically regular (verb + -ing) but the adjectival sense 'emotionally moving' depends on a less frequent meaning of 'stir' (to move emotionally) which learners may not know.

Etymology

Stirring as an adjective comes from the same idea as the verb stir, which meant 'to move'. So a stirring speech 'moves' your feelings and makes you feel strong emotion.