BESTIRRED Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

bestirred

verb

past tense of bestir

as in awakened

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Spencer’s teenage son was awakened in the night in 1992 to find his father beating his mother in the head with a brick, according to court documents.

— Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
Neighbor Daleon Walker says he was awakened by the sound of gunfire.

— Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 23 June 2026

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Your 3rd House of Communication is stirred by the temperamental Moon, while the life-giving Sun boosts your 7th House of Partnership, aligning words with steady commitments.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2026
Despite its decades-long ubiquity in our lives and our iCals, the building has just as often stirred negative feelings.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026

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As virality goes, this is not a big number, but the passion that the account has aroused dwarfs its reach.

— David Kamp, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Overview The emergence of teleSUR has aroused significant interest due to its uniqueness of being the first regional television channel purely financed by more than three Latin American states.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

Definition of aroused

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In the study, people who ranked in the top 20% for sleep regularity went to sleep and awoke within a roughly one-hour window most days.

— The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
By the time the game ended, Sasaki’s three-inning start seemed like a murky nightmare the Dodgers awoke from in a sweat.

— Liana Handler Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

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