bestirs

verb

present tense third-person singular of bestir
as in stirs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bestirs
  1. stirs
  2. awakens
  3. awakes
  4. arouses
  5. wakes
Verb
  • Refusing to do so, Luis stirs a rivalry and potentially endangers his own employment.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
  • While dealing with an impending counterattack from Oda, Murashige finds that trouble stirs in his own courts as mysterious deaths, from a child prisoner to other officials, end up mysteriously murdered.
    — Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 27 July 2026
Definition of stirs
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  • The series follows Ray Azumi (voiced by Takeo Otsuka), a war orphan who awakens on the lunar surface as the pilot of the experimental mobile suit Gundam ZERO.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Atlantic awakens There are three separate areas of potential tropical development in the tropical Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center said.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of awakens
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  • While preparing for a trip, he is rendered unconscious using knockout gas and awakes to find himself inside a perfect recreation of his own home, but this one is located in a mysterious settlement known as The Village.
    — William Worrall, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • Just at that moment, Jamie — our dream lover in every sense — awakes with a jolt.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of awakes
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  • More than three devices is considered a cluster that arouses interest.
    — Carolyn Forché, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • That intense scarcity arouses a FOMO among very wealthy car lovers that allows Ferrari to charge prices like $250,000 for one of its entry-level cars, and $3 million for a hypercar like its F80.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Definition of arouses
Verb
  • Every morning, Chef wakes Tony with a bucket of cold seawater.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But when Lucky wakes from a drugged sleep, Cary is gone and the money too, and police are pulling up outside.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of wakes
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“Bestirs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestirs. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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