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stir up
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Princeton's WordNet
agitate, foment, stir upverb
try to stir up public opinion
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"
agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise upverb
change the arrangement or position of
incite, instigate, set off, stir upverb
provoke or stir up
"incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
Wiktionary
stir upverb
arouse or excite passion or action.
stir upverb
mix ingredients.
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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.
Anagrams for stir up »
purist
tripus
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stir up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stir up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of 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.
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.
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.
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.
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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