Stir up Synonyms, Stir up Antonyms

Synonyms for stir up

verb encourage, provoke

Antonyms for stir up

Word Origin & History

Old English styrian, from Proto-Germanic *sturjanan (cf. Middle Dutch stoeren, Dutch storen "to disturb," Old High German storan "to scatter, destroy," German stören "to disturb"), probably from the root of storm (q.v.). The noun sense of "commotion, disturbance, tumult" (late 14c., in phrase on steir) is probably from Old Norse styrr "disturbance, tumult" (see storm), from the same Proto-Germanic root; the sense of "movement, bustle" is probably from the English verb. Stir-fry (v.) is attested from 1959.

Example Sentences for stir up

What good would it do yourself or your husband to stir up all the dead past?

Take it off the fire, beat up the yolks of three eggs with a spoonful of oil, and stir up all together till it is quite cold.

Asaph knew this, but he delighted to stir up his chum occasionally.

I doubt if it be safe to sleep, lest he should stir up mutiny in the night.

Send him to London to see Danvers and to stir up your friends there.

Why need he stir up in her a deeper sorrow than any she had felt?

I'm simply dying for something to stir up my blood and set it circulating.

He didn't want to stir up the thing on poor Cynthy's account.

There's the lake, and here comes the porter to stir up the dust.

So the two held counsel together how they might stir up war.

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Synonyms for stir up

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Synonyms for stir up

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