stirring

1. 1.

   agitating a liquid with an implement

   “constant stirring prevents it from burning on the bottom of the pan”

   Broaderagitation
2. 2.

   arousing to a particular emotion or action

   Synonymsinspiration

   Broaderarousal

1. 1.

   capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement

   “a rousing sermon”

   “stirring events such as wars and rescues”

   Synonymsrousing

   Similarstimulating
2. 2.

   exciting strong but not unpleasant emotions

   “a stirring speech”

   Synonymssoul-stirring

   Similarmoving

Other forms of stirring

plural

stirrings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stirring

What does stirring mean?

stirring means "agitating a liquid with an implement". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stirring?

stirring has 2 syllables: stir-ring. The stress falls on "stir". In IPA it is /ˈstɝɪŋ/.

What is another word for stirring?

Close synonyms include inspiration, rousing, soul-stirring. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stirring a common word?

stirring is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.