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stirring

UK/ˈstɜːɹɪŋ//ˈstɝɪŋ/

stirring adjective: invigorating or inspiring. Also the present participle and gerund of stir.

Adjective

stirring (comparative more stirring, superlative most stirring)

  1. invigorating or inspiring
    • As he had said, his voice was hoarse, but he sang well enough, and it was a stirring tune, something between 'Clementine' and 'La Cucaracha'.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
    • But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC
    Synonyms:
    rousing

Noun

stirring (countable and uncountable, plural stirrings)

  1. (gerund) An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred
    • The reduction takes the central bank back to where it was in December 2005, when it began raising its key rate despite objections from some political figures and many economists about choking the early stirrings of a recovery in growth.2009 January 16, Carter Dougherty, “European Central Bank Cuts Key Rate”, in New York Times
    • […] his inability to move freely in nature as the song's protagonist expects to, or to enjoy the emotional stirrings that such movement often precipitates. That is, the video shows how the African American subject is not given time, space, or opportunity to form the kinds of individualized...2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 185

Also used as

stirring is also the present participle and gerund of stir.

stirring meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

stirring in Hindi

हलचल मचाना

stirring in Tamil

கிளறுதல், கிளறல், கிளறுகிறது

stirring in Marathi

ढवळत आहे

stirring in Urdu

ہلچل مچانا
More languagesFewer languages
stirring in Bengali
আলোড়ন
stirring in Malayalam
ഇളക്കിക്കളയുന്നു, ഇളക്കിവിടുന്നു

Examples of stirring in a sentence

  • On Friday night Dion delivered a stirring rendition of the 1950 song accompanied by a pianist, with the Olympics rings above her.2024 July 27, Sammy Gecsoyler, “Céline Dion ‘so full of joy’ after return in Paris Olympics opening ceremony”, in theguardian.com:
  • […] his inability to move freely in nature as the song's protagonist expects to, or to enjoy the emotional stirrings that such movement often precipitates.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 185:

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Synonyms of stirring

Forms of stirring

Adjective
comparativemore stirring
superlativemost stirring
Noun
pluralstirrings

Origin of stirring

By surface analysis, stir + -ing.

Words formed from stirring

Phrases with stirring

Words that rhyme with stirring

Questions about stirring

What does stirring mean?
Stirring means invigorating or inspiring.
What is stirring in Hindi?
Stirring in Hindi is हलचल मचाना. See Stirring meaning in Hindi.
How do you use stirring in a sentence?
On Friday night Dion delivered a stirring rendition of the 1950 song accompanied by a pianist, with the Olympics rings above her.
What part of speech is stirring?
Stirring can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce stirring?
Stirring is pronounced /ˈstɝɪŋ/ (US).

Words near stirring in the dictionary

  1. stirrers
  2. stirrers-up
  3. stirrest
  4. stirreth
  5. stirrin'
  6. stirring
  7. stirring one's stumps
  8. stirring shit
  9. stirring someone's blood
  10. stirring the embers
  11. stirring the pot

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stirring (page history and authors); stirring (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stirring (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stirring (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stirring (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stirring (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stirring (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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