Synonyms: stir, ado, hustle, bustle, fuss, flurry
Definition: a rapid active commotion
Similar words: tumult, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, commotion, din
Definition: the act of making a noisy disturbance
Synonyms: stir
Definition: emotional agitation and excitement
Similar words: agitation
Definition: the feeling of being agitated; not calm
Definition: a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event
Usage: he made a great splash and then disappeared
Similar words: disruption, disturbance, to-do, commotion, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle
Definition: a disorderly outburst or tumult
Usage: they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused
Synonyms: stir
Definition: mix or add by stirring
Usage: Stir nuts into the dough
Similar words: work
Definition: move into or onto
Usage: work the raisins into the dough; the student worked a few jokes into his presentation; work the body onto the flatbed truck
Synonyms: bring up, call down, call forth, invoke, conjure, conjure up, arouse, put forward, raise, evoke, stir
Definition: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Usage: raise the specter of unemployment; he conjured wild birds in the air; call down the spirits from the mountain
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Synonyms: excite, stimulate, stir, shake, shake up
Definition: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
Usage: These stories shook the community; the civil war shook the country
Similar words: kindle, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, arouse, raise, provoke
Definition: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Usage: arouse pity; raise a smile; evoke sympathy
Definition: affect emotionally
Usage: A stirring movie; I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy
Similar words: affect, strike, move, impress
Definition: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
Usage: This child impressed me as unusually mature; This behavior struck me as odd
Synonyms: budge, shift, stir, agitate
Definition: move very slightly
Usage: He shifted in his seat
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Definition: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Synonyms: stir
Definition: move an implement through
Usage: stir the soup; stir my drink; stir the soil
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: stimulate, stir, excite
Definition: stir feelings in
Usage: stimulate my appetite; excite the audience; stir emotions
Similar words: sensitise, sensitize
Definition: cause to sense; make sensitive
Usage: She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society; My tongue became sensitized to good wine