STIRRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stirred mean? 

• STIRRED (adjective)
  The adjective STIRRED has 3 senses:

1. being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

2. emotionally aroused

3. set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend

  Familiarity information: STIRRED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STIRRED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

Synonyms:

affected; moved; stirred; touched

Context example:

very touched by the stranger's kindness

Similar:

sick (deeply affected by a strong feeling)

Also:

affected (acted upon; influenced)

emotional (of more than usual emotion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Emotionally aroused

Synonyms:

aroused; stimulated; stirred; stirred up

Similar:

excited (in an aroused state)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend

Similar:

agitated (physically disturbed or set in motion)

 Context examples 

Likewise she was stirred by the common impulse to tame the wild thing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

For the first time the old man stirred.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When we were again alone, I stirred the fire, and then took a low seat at my master's knee.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I think I have not stirred out of my bed for a week, that is when I once got into it at night.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

His bright glance went merrily round the room, as he took the seat on the sofa opposite to me, which Mrs. Micawber had recently vacated, and stirred the fire into a blaze.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The drooping canvas was not stirred, and yet my face had felt the air and been cooled.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

And that he should be stirred by it marked the completeness with which he harked back through the ages of fire and roof to the raw beginnings of life in the howling ages.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

My friend insisted upon my accompanying them in their expedition, which I was eager enough to do, for my curiosity and sympathy were deeply stirred by the story to which we had listened.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With your emotions stirred, you may feel a little overwhelmed.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The sleeper stirred; a thrill of terror ran through me.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)