STIRRED Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

stirred

verb

past tense of stir

as in swirled

to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly the recipe says to stir the mixture carefully until it's properly blended

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as in shifted

to change one's position the cat stirred, then opened its eyes and slowly got to its feet

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as in provoked

to rouse to strong feeling or action news coverage of the fire stirred many to send donations to a fund for the families who had lost their homes

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Recent Examples of stirred Hurricane formation can be inhibited by strong wind shear over the Atlantic, stirred by the pattern of warmer-than-normal waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. —

Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Cups are poured with precision; milk and sugar are stirred with a silent spoon. —

Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026 But his preaching of Black supremacy stirred concern in both the white community and the civil rights movement. —

Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026 Another follower stirred the pot by suggesting that Elordi could ruin his credibility as a serious actor by getting involved with a member of Kardashian/Jenner family. —

Martha Ross, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026 This new round of chaos only feeds the anxiety that has enveloped the California Democratic Party for months, stirred by fears that the lack of a singular party front-runner might lead to two Republicans winding up on the November ballot. —

Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026 Yassin Alsalman, commonly known as the multimedia artist and rapper NARCY, questioned why more focus seemed to be placed on policing someone like Ye as opposed to someone like the president who has also repeatedly stirred controversy with his remarks. —

Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2026 Italian nonne stirred pots full of sauce with a look of utter boredom and, here and there, Neapolitan ragazzi sat atop their motorini and gawped at the torture. —

Douglas Stuart, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026 Changes over the last few years in the Bonnie Brae business district, along University Boulevard and east of Washington Park, stirred angst among community members. —

Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026

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Hamilton Lane shares have plunged nearly 22% in 2026 as concerns over asset managers' exposure to a potential private credit crisis have swirled.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
Detailed accounts of those transgressions had been published by the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN on Friday, confirming rumors that had swirled in political media for several days.

— Dan Walters, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026