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stir up

/ˈstɜː.ɹʌp/

stir up verb: to arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).

Verb

stir up (third-person singular simple present stirs up, present participle stirring up, simple past and past participle stirred up)

  1. (transitive) To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).
    • What one man can do himself directly is but little. If however he can stir up ten others to take up the task he has accomplished much.1900 June 1, Wilbur Wright, Letter to Octave Chanute
    • All those wretched quarrels, in his humble opinion, stirring up bad blood, from some bump of combativeness or gland of some kind, erroneously supposed to be about a punctilio of honour and a flag […]Episode 16
  2. (transitive) To mix (ingredients) by stirring.
    Synonyms:
    stir, swizzle
  3. (transitive) To move or disturb slightly; to make turbid.
    Synonyms:
    agitate, muddle, roil, trouble

stir up meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

stir up in Hindi

to stir up, to provoke
छेड़ना cheṛnā

stir up in Tamil

to arouse or excite passion or action
தூண்டு tūṇṭu
to mix ingredients
கலக்கு kalakku
to cause (trouble, etc.)
மூட்டு mūṭṭu, தூண்டு tūṇṭu

stir up in Marathi

to stir up, incite, instigate
खट्याळणे khaṭyāḷṇe, चेतवणे cetavṇe

stir up in Telugu

to stir up, dig up or loosen earth
కెలుకు keluku
More languagesFewer languages
stir up in Kannada
ಎತ್ತಿಕಟ್ಟು, ಕೆರಳಿಸು
stir up in Odia
ଚାଳିବା cāḷibā
stir up in Sanskrit
छर्दति chardati

Synonyms of stir up

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Forms of stir up

third-person singular presentstirs up
present participlestirring up
past participlestirred up
paststirred up

Words formed from stir up

Questions about stir up

What does stir up mean?
Stir up means to arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).
What is stir up in Hindi?
Stir up in Hindi is छेड़ना (cheṛnā). See Stir up meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is stir up?
Stir up is a verb.
How do you pronounce stir up?
Stir up is pronounced /ˈstɜː.ɹʌp/.
What is the past tense of stir up?
The past tense of stir up is stirred up.

Words near stir up in the dictionary

  1. stir plates
  2. stir shit
  3. stir someone's blood
  4. stir the embers
  5. stir the pot
  6. stir up
  7. stir up a hornets' nest
  8. stir up the animals
  9. stir-crazy
  10. stir-fried
  11. stir-fried ice cream

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stir up (page history and authors); छेड़ना (Hindi) (page history and authors); खट्याळणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); కెలుకు (Telugu) (page history and authors); stir up (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଚାଳିବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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