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  • past tense form of stir.
  • past participle of stir.

stirred

ADJECTIVE
affected
Synonyms
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afflicted concerned damaged distressed impressed overwhelmed touched troubled
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altered changed compassionate excited grieved impaired influenced injured stimulated tender upset
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overwrought sorry sympathetic
Antonyms
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calm collected happy sane untroubled
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hard
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unmoved unperturbed unswayed
ADJECTIVE
beaten
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whipped
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aerated blended churned whisked
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bubbly creamy foamy frothy meringued
ADJECTIVE
emotional
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affecting exciting heated hysterical impassioned moving nervous passionate poignant sensitive sentimental spontaneous touching
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ardent disturbed ecstatic emotive enthusiastic excitable falling apart fanatical feeling fervent fervid fickle fiery heartwarming histrionic histrionical hot-blooded impetuous impulsive irrational overwrought pathetic responsive roused sentient stirring susceptible tear-jerking temperamental tender thrilling warm zealous
Antonyms
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apathetic calm cool dull impassive indifferent numb unaffecting unemotional unenthusiastic unexcited unexciting unmoving
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physical
ADJECTIVE
excited
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agitated annoyed delighted disturbed eager enthusiastic hysterical nervous passionate thrilled
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animated aroused awakened charged discomposed disconcerted inflamed moved piqued provoked roused ruffled stimulated wired
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aflame beside oneself feverish fired up frantic high hot hot and bothered hyperactive in a tizzy juiced up jumpy on edge on fire overwrought steamed up wild worked-up zipped up
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apathetic calm disinterested indifferent unenthusiastic unexcited
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bored composed easygoing laid-back unenthused uninspired
ADJECTIVE
fired up
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animated aroused atingle charged eager enthusiastic excited impassioned juiced up passionate stirred up stoked worked-up
ADJECTIVE
inspired
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activated animated encouraged energized excited exhilarated galvanized influenced inspirited motivated moved roused started
ADJECTIVE
interested
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absorbed attentive engrossed excited implicated involved keen obsessed responsive sympathetic
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affected attracted awakened biased caught drawn enticed fascinated fired gone hooked impressed inspired inspirited lured moved occupied open predisposed prejudiced roused sold stimulated struck taken touched
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eat, sleep, and breathe intent into on the case partial partisan
Antonyms
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bored disinterested ignorant inattentive indifferent uncaring unconcerned unenthusiastic uninterested
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OK fair impartial unbiased unmoved
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apathetic incurious
ADJECTIVE
overwrought
Synonyms
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frantic
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affected agitated all shook up beside oneself crazy distracted emotional excitable fired-up flipped-out freaked-out histrionic histrionical hot under collar hot-and-bothered hyper in a state nervous neurotic on edge overexcited overstrung overworked spent steamed up strung-out tense tired uneasy unstrung uptight weary wired worked-up worn wound-up
Antonyms
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calm collected cool rested unruffled
ADJECTIVE
psyched
Synonyms
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animated aroused awakened beside oneself charged delighted eager enthusiastic feverish fired up high inspired juiced up moved on fire passionate pumped stimulated thrilled wild worked-up
ADJECTIVE
pumped
Synonyms
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animated aroused awakened charged delighted inspired moved stimulated thrilled
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beside oneself cranked up eager enthusiastic feverish fired up geared up high juiced up on fire passionate psyched rarin' to go wild worked-up
ADJECTIVE
soulful
Synonyms
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expressive impassioned passionate stirring touching
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ardent deep feeling fervent fervid fiery meaningful moving tender
Antonyms
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apathetic cool indifferent unexcited
ADJECTIVE
stoked
Synonyms
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animated aroused elated electrified excited inspired moved touched
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atingle fired up worked-up
ADJECTIVE
susceptible
Synonyms
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affected easy impressionable inclined liable prone ready receptive responsive sensitive vulnerable wide open
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aroused be taken in disposed easily moved fall for given gullible impressed impressible influenced mark movable nonresistant obnoxious open out on a limb persuadable predisposed pushover roused sensible sensile sentient sitting duck soft subject sucker suggestible susceptive swallow swayed tender touched tumble for
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insensitive unlikely unresponsive unsusceptible
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resistant resisting
ADJECTIVE
touched
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affected disturbed impressed
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grabbed melted softened swayed upset
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turned on by turned on to
Antonyms
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unemotional unmoved untouched
ADJECTIVE
turned-on
Synonyms
WEAK
animated aroused atingle elated electrified excited fired up inspired moved touched worked-up

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It has stirred a mix of excitement at the prospect of new jobs and investment, and worry about possible environmental damage.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Anthropic’s upcoming public-market debut has stirred up investor interest in finding ways to get exposure to the artificial-intelligence company, both before its initial public offering and after the highly anticipated IPO.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

Still, Graham is a great actor and as Walter, he’s as creepy as he needs to be, with some extra creepiness stirred in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Around the midpoint of the first half, Hearts stirred a little.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

“Aramés, aramás, todavía nada más, ven aquí, ven acá,” The donkey’s words stirred up something fierce and feral in me and I grabbed the nearest stick I could find on the ground.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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