stirring

²stirring

noun

Definition of STIRRING

: a beginning of motion or activity : movement —often used in plural <the first stirrings of revolution>

Examples of STIRRING

1. <I thought I detected a slight stirring of the leaves, and yet there wasn't a breath of wind.>

First Known Use of STIRRING

14th century

Related to STIRRING

Synonyms: motion, move, shift, shifting, stir, movement

Antonyms: motionlessness

Related Words: dislocation, migration, relocation; locomotion, mobility, motility, motivity; fiddling, fidgeting, squirm, squirming, twitching, wriggling, writhing; flailing, flapping, waving

Near Antonyms: immobility; inertia, inertness, stillness; cessation, discontinuance, ending, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, pause, shutdown, shutoff, stop, stoppage, surcease, termination

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