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 A number of easy and delicious pairings worked their way into our after-school rotation over the years, from peanut-butter fold-overs to yogurt stirred together with chocolate chips. —

Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026 The charms, some of which quickly sold out while others are not yet available for purchase, stirred a flurry of excitement online. —

Angela Yang, NBC news, 1 Mar. 2026 And concern that the selling stirred by AI will tip over into other industries remains high, keeping investors alert to potential risks ahead. —

Pia Singh, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026 Migration over the past decade has stirred right-wing, anti-immigrant sentiment in some parts of Europe. —

ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026 Up close, though, the oddities stirred something familiar. —

Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026 Her hiring stirred controversy over her lack of experience in broadcast news. —

Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026 The action immediately stirred party-line quarreling in New Britain, a city with bitter political divisions. —

Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2026 In the fluorescent glare of a rundown Indonesian wig factory, vats of human hair simmer in huge cauldrons, stirred by hunched laborers as rows of mannequin heads watch blankly from the dark. —

Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026

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Then in February this year rumors swirled that the couple had secretly married, after Zendaya was spotted wearing a gold band instead of the diamond ring.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026
Wind blew through the theater, the seats shook, and dead leaves swirled around us.

— Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 1 Mar. 2026