Definition of Stirred

1. Adjective. Being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion. "Very touched by the stranger's kindness"

Exact synonyms: Affected, Moved, Touched
Also: Affected, Emotional
Similar to: Sick
Antonyms: Unmoved

2. Adjective. Emotionally aroused.
Exact synonyms: Aroused, Stimulated, Stirred Up
Similar to: Excited

3. Adjective. Set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend.
Similar to: Agitated

Definition of Stirred

1. Verb. (past of ''stir'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stirred

1. stir [v] - See also: stir

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stirred

stiring
stirious
stirk
stirks
stirless
stirp
stirpes
stirpiculture
stirps
stirra
stirrage
stirrah
stirrahs
stirras
stirre
stirred (current term)
stirred(p)
stirred up
stirrer
stirrers
stirres
stirrest
stirreth
stirring
stirring up
stirringly
stirrings
stirrup
stirrup bone
stirrup cup

Literary usage of Stirred

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Irrigation and Drainage: Principles and Practice of Their Cultural Phases by Franklin Hiram King (1918)
"Subsoiling increases the percentage capacity for water of the soil stirred. Li. Subsoiling decreases the capillary conducting power of the soil stirred. ..."

2. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot (1873)
"They numbered scarce eight summers when a name Rose on their souls and stirred such motion* there As thrill the bnds and shape their hidden frame At ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"(b) "The Holy Ghost Himself, by His supernatural power, stirred up and impelled ... Deus", "God stirred up and impelled the sacred writers to determine to ..."

4. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"... confidence between them stirred the little biting snake that had long lain curled and ... stirred ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"To a stirred slurry of 32 g of mercuric acetate in 150 ml of alcohol was added ... The mixture was stirred overnight and the insoluble product was filtered ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... evolution were the work of a people stirred to revolution and driven to creative energy by religion, even more than by economic or political pressure. ..."

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