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stir up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. agitate, foment, stir upverb

    try to stir up public opinion

  2. inflame, 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"

  3. agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise upverb

    change the arrangement or position of

  4. incite, instigate, set off, stir upverb

    provoke or stir up

    "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

Wiktionary

  1. stir upverb

    arouse or excite passion or action.

  2. stir upverb

    mix ingredients.

ChatGPT

  1. stir up

    To stir up generally means to incite, provoke, or cause an emotion of disturbance or trouble. It could also refer to provoking an event or situation. The term is often used in the context of emotions, conflict, or disorder, such as stirring up controversy or stirring up trouble. Additionally, in terms of cooking, stir up means mixing ingredients together in a bowl or pot.

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Anagrams for stir up »

  1. purist

  2. tripus

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stir up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stir up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of stir up in a Sentence

  1. Li Xigen:

    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.

  2. Mark Sanford:

    I suspect it would stir up the rank and file. And when you get the rank and file at the grass-roots level, other folks get stirred up within the conference.

  3. Naotaka Kimizuka:

    Depending on how the TV appeal is done, it could stir up public opinion, or, people could lose interest and things will go as Abe's administration prefers.

  4. Charles Krauthammer:

    They were deliberately deceiving the American people and the Congress, they were pretending otherwise, because in that way, they could portray [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu - who gave an accurate assessment - as an alarmist, trying to stir up war.

  5. Paul Yip:

    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.


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