stir (n.)
- action
- activeness
- activism
- activity
- actuation
- ado
- advance
- affect
- agitation
- annoy
- arouse
- awake
- back
- beat
- blend
- bluster
- boil
- boiling
- bother
- botheration
- brawl
- brig
- broil
- brouhaha
- budge
- burst
- business
- bustle
- can
- challenge
- change
- chokey
- churn
- circle
- climb
- clink
- commotion
- confusion
- cooler
- coop
- din
- discomposure
- disorder
- disquiet
- disquietude
- disturbance
- doings
- drive
- dustup
- dynamics
- ebb
- ebullience
- ebullition
- eddy
- effervescence
- embroilment
- excitement
- fan
- ferment
- fermentation
- fever
- feverishness
- fidgetiness
- fire
- fit
- flame
- flap
- flow
- flurry
- fluster
- flutter
- foam
- fracas
- free-for-all
- frenzy
- fret
- fume
- furore
- fuss
- fussiness
- get
- glasshouse
- go
- going
- hassle
- heat
- hoosegow
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- hurry
- incense
- inquietude
- jar
- jitters
- jolt
- jug
- jumpiness
- keep
- kinematics
- kinesis
- kinetics
- maelstrom
- malaise
- melee
- melt
- militancy
- mill
- mobilization
- moil
- motion
- motivation
- mount
- move
- movement
- nervousness
- paddle
- pandemonium
- pen
- penitentiary
- perturbation
- pierce
- pique
- plunge
- pokey
- pother
- prison
- proceedings
- prod
- progress
- prompt
- racket
- raise
- rally
- rampage
- rattle
- regress
- restlessness
- rile
- riot
- ripple
- rise
- rock
- roil
- rough-and-tumble
- rouse
- rout
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- ruffle
- rumpus
- run
- running
- scramble
- shake
- shift
- shindy
- shock
- simmer
- sink
- slammer
- smart
- smolder
- soar
- spasm
- spin
- spur
- spurt
- stagger
- stew
- sting
- stirring
- stream
- sweat
- swirl
- to-do
- touch
- travel
- trepidation
- trepidity
- trouble
- tumult
- turbidity
- turbulence
- turmoil
- unease
- unrest
- uproar
- upset
- urge
- velocity
- vortex
- wake
- wane
- warm
- whip
- whirl
- whirlpool
- whirlwind
- whisk
stir (v.)
- action
- activate
- actuate
- ado
- advance
- affect
- agitate
- amalgamate
- animate
- annoy
- arise
- arouse
- ascend
- awake
- awaken
- back
- beat
- bestir
- blend
- bluster
- boil
- bother
- brawl
- broil
- budge
- burst
- bustle
- can
- challenge
- change
- churn
- circle
- climb
- clink
- commingle
- convince
- convulse
- coop
- cultivate
- descend
- din
- disarrange
- discombobulate
- discompose
- disconcert
- disorder
- disquiet
- disturb
- drive
- ebb
- eddy
- electrify
- encourage
- energize
- enkindle
- enrage
- excite
- fan
- ferment
- fire
- fit
- flame
- flap
- flow
- flurry
- fluster
- flutter
- foam
- foment
- fret
- fume
- fuss
- galvanize
- get
- go
- going
- gyrate
- hassle
- heat
- hurry
- impel
- incense
- incite
- induce
- inflame
- infuriate
- inspire
- instigate
- intermingle
- jar
- jolt
- jug
- keep
- kindle
- madden
- melt
- merge
- mill
- mingle
- moil
- motion
- motivate
- mount
- move
- moving
- paddle
- pen
- penetrate
- persuade
- perturb
- pierce
- pique
- plunge
- pother
- prison
- prod
- progress
- prompt
- provoke
- quicken
- racket
- raise
- rally
- rampage
- rattle
- refine
- regress
- resuscitate
- retrogress
- revive
- rile
- riot
- ripple
- rise
- rock
- roil
- rotate
- roughen
- roughhouse
- rouse
- rout
- row
- ruffle
- rumple
- rumpus
- run
- scramble
- seethe
- sensibilize
- sensitize
- shake
- sharpen
- shift
- shock
- simmer
- sink
- smart
- smolder
- soar
- soften
- spin
- spur
- spurt
- stagger
- stew
- stimulate
- sting
- stream
- subside
- sweat
- swirl
- touch
- travel
- trouble
- unsettle
- upset
- urge
- vitalize
- wake
- waken
- wane
- warm
- whet
- whip
- whirl
- whirlpool
- whisk
stir (adj.)
- ado
- advance
- amalgamate
- animate
- awake
- back
- beat
- can
- change
- fire
- fit
- flame
- flutter
- get
- go
- going
- heat
- helter-skelter
- jar
- mill
- mount
- moving
- pell-mell
- pen
- penitentiary
- pokey
- prompt
- rile
- riot
- rise
- rough-and-tumble
- row
- run
- running
- seething
- shift
- smart
- sting
- stirring
- stream
- to-do
- unquiet
- upset
- velocity
- wake
- warm
- whip
All hell shall stir for this.
My fell of hair
Would at a dismal treatise rouse and stir
As life were in 't: I have supp'd full with horrors.
The fretful stir
Unprofitable, and the fever of the world
Have hung upon the beatings of my heart.
The more thou stir it, the worse it will be.
And Katerfelto, with his hair on end
At his own wonders, wondering for his bread.
'T is pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat,
To peep at such a world,—to see the stir
Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd.
Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot
Which men call earth.
Among what he called his precepts were such as these: Do not stir the fire with a sword. Do not sit down on a bushel. Do not devour thy heart.
Rightly to be great
Is not to stir without great argument,
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw
When honour's at the stake.