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Synonyms for stir up
stir up
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
agitate, foment, stir upverb
try to stir up public opinion
Synonyms:
fight, wake, fire up, commove, turn on, shake up, ignite, agitate, shake, rouse, disturb, vex, stir, campaign, excite, inflame, charge, shift, instigate, foment, raise up, press, incite, charge up, crusade, set off, push, budge, heatinflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire upverb
arouse or excite feelings and passions
"The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
Synonyms:
shake up, come alive, incite, arouse, awake, heat, commove, inflame, agitate, raise up, wake up, light up, wake, catch fire, instigate, conflagrate, combust, rouse, fire up, kindle, set off, waken, erupt, hot up, awaken, ignite, take fire, foment, vex, heat up, light, disturb, enkindleagitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise upverb
change the arrangement or position of
Synonyms:
fight, touch, crusade, succuss, excite, stick, perplex, disturb, get, nark, irritate, shake up, shake, mystify, flummox, commove, inflame, bother, press, agitate, rile, gravel, stir, nonplus, wake, shift, instigate, stimulate, reorganise, get to, dumbfound, rouse, fire up, reorganize, interrupt, vex, heat, nettle, baffle, chafe, get at, trouble, beat, fluff up, ignite, budge, amaze, turn on, charge, annoy, bump around, upset, charge up, incite, jar, puzzle, bewilder, rag, push, foment, campaign, stupefy, worry, raise up, plump up, pose, devil, set offincite, instigate, set off, stir upverb
provoke or stir up
"incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
Synonyms:
motivate, start, vex, incite, detonate, raise up, bring out, wake, offset, spark, commove, inflame, disturb, propel, shake up, take off, agitate, explode, instigate, trigger off, move, part, trigger, fire up, inspire, trip, prod, egg on, depart, set off, heat, prompt, activate, spark off, touch off, blow up, ignite, start out, foment, set forth, actuate, cancel, set out
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#77 | get | |
#207 | part | |
#422 | press | |
#474 | start | |
#613 | light | |
#1142 | move | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1706 | trip | |
#1746 | fan | |
#2027 | heat | |
#2171 | campaign | |
#2192 | touch | |
#2575 | fight | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3124 | trouble | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3439 | cancel | |
#3587 | push | |
#3711 | shift | |
#4774 | wake | |
#4785 | puzzle | |
#5005 | worry | |
#5117 | devil | |
#5179 | offset | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#6906 | trigger | |
#8150 | shake | |
#8393 | jar | |
#9423 | upset | |
#9747 | pose | |
#9936 | bother | |
#10049 | activate | |
#10105 | depart | |
#10274 | spark | |
#10284 | stir | |
#11623 | interrupt | |
#12414 | inspire | |
#12576 | prod | |
#12747 | stimulate | |
#12803 | excite | |
#13072 | gravel | |
#13247 | awake | |
#15810 | rag | |
#18201 | explode | |
#18225 | crusade | |
#18233 | motivate | |
#20785 | annoy | |
#23336 | disturb | |
#26899 | provoke | |
#27242 | ignite | |
#29156 | awaken | |
#29678 | rouse | |
#30103 | amaze | |
#33849 | actuate | |
#33969 | propel | |
#41205 | baffle | |
#42240 | nettle | |
#42683 | incite | |
#43132 | arouse | |
#43726 | budge | |
#47688 | irritate | |
#48003 | reorganize | |
#53129 | erupt | |
#54523 | vex | |
#69319 | detonate | |
#71611 | kindle | |
#76428 | instigate | |
#86407 | agitate | |
#88126 | inflame | |
#90291 | chafe | |
#95211 | perplex | |
#108146 | foment | |
#112496 | mystify | |
#119460 | combust | |
#127183 | rile | |
#133439 | waken | |
#135229 | reorganise | |
#224053 | bewilder | |
#231498 | nark |
How to use stir up in a sentence?
They know the seriousness of the situation and the possible consequences, and they don't want the media coverage to bring any kind of extra damage, later, as the situation gets worse, if the people are actually affected with their jobs, with prices ... that may become real anger, and if the media do anything to stir up that kind of anger it will cause some kind of very bad consequences.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel:
When people stir up sedition on social networks using their real name, it's not only the state that has to act, but also Facebook as a company should do something against these paroles.
If you look at Europe's political landscape, the last thing the (EU authorities) would want to do is to stir up any more negative EU sentiment.
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Every suicide death for us is a very tragic case, we have to deal with them very carefully, not sensationalize them, not try and glorify them, when people feel very helpless they might think if I die I can stir up so much emotion and energy, and give fuel to the( protest) movement itself, that is very tempting.
Translations for stir up
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- اثارةArabic
- excitar, estimular, incitarCatalan, Valencian
- vyvolatCzech
- piske opDanish
- entfachenGerman
- provocar, fomentar, excitar, despertarSpanish
- õhutamaEstonian
- lietsoaFinnish
- inciter, faire de l'agitation, stimulerFrench
- felkavarHungarian
- koma af stað, stofna tilIcelandic
- stimolare, appassionare, incitare, sobillare, convincere, fomentareItalian
- sukelti, sukurstytiLithuanian
- opstokenDutch
- hisse opp, egge til opprørNorwegian
- wywoływać, wzniecaćPolish
- incitarPortuguese
- a da nastere laRomanian
- vyvolatSlovak
- izzvatiSlovene
- ställa till, sätta i gångSwedish
- chocheaSwahili
- neden olmakTurkish
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