Synonyms for stir up
stir up

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1. stir up

   Synonyms:
   agitate, arouse, excite, fan, kindle, provoke, rouse, stir

   Antonyms:
   allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, mollify, pacify, quiet, soothe, still, tranquilize

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. agitate, foment, stir upverb

   try to stir up public opinion

   Synonyms:
   fight, wake, fire up, commove, turn on, shake up, ignite, agitate, shake, rouse, disturb, vex, stir, campaign, excite, inflame, charge, shift, instigate, foment, raise up, press, incite, charge up, crusade, set off, push, budge, heat

2. inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire upverb

   arouse or excite feelings and passions

   "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

   Synonyms:
   shake up, come alive, incite, arouse, awake, heat, commove, inflame, agitate, raise up, wake up, light up, wake, catch fire, instigate, conflagrate, combust, rouse, fire up, kindle, set off, waken, erupt, hot up, awaken, ignite, take fire, foment, vex, heat up, light, disturb, enkindle

3. agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise upverb

   change the arrangement or position of

   Synonyms:
   fight, touch, crusade, succuss, excite, stick, perplex, disturb, get, nark, irritate, shake up, shake, mystify, flummox, commove, inflame, bother, press, agitate, rile, gravel, stir, nonplus, wake, shift, instigate, stimulate, reorganise, get to, dumbfound, rouse, fire up, reorganize, interrupt, vex, heat, nettle, baffle, chafe, get at, trouble, beat, fluff up, ignite, budge, amaze, turn on, charge, annoy, bump around, upset, charge up, incite, jar, puzzle, bewilder, rag, push, foment, campaign, stupefy, worry, raise up, plump up, pose, devil, set off

4. incite, instigate, set off, stir upverb

   provoke or stir up

   "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

   Synonyms:
   motivate, start, vex, incite, detonate, raise up, bring out, wake, offset, spark, commove, inflame, disturb, propel, shake up, take off, agitate, explode, instigate, trigger off, move, part, trigger, fire up, inspire, trip, prod, egg on, depart, set off, heat, prompt, activate, spark off, touch off, blow up, ignite, start out, foment, set forth, actuate, cancel, set out

Matched Categories

1. • Arouse
   • Move
   • Provoke

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. stir up

   Synonyms:
   instigate, excite, STIR

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1. Book of Proverbs:

   A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

2. Naotaka Kimizuka:

   Depending on how the TV appeal is done, it could stir up public opinion, or, people could lose interest and things will go as Abe's administration prefers.

3. Paul Yip:

   Every suicide death for us is a very tragic case, we have to deal with them very carefully, not sensationalize them, not try and glorify them, when people feel very helpless they might think if I die I can stir up so much emotion and energy, and give fuel to the( protest) movement itself, that is very tempting.

4. Tim Kaine:

   I think he is very comfortable trying to stir up bad attitudes in others, but I don't know him well enough to reach that conclusion about him, but if you don't mind stoking it and praising people who have those views, that's just unacceptable.

5. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   When people stir up sedition on social networks using their real name, it's not only the state that has to act, but also Facebook as a company should do something against these paroles.