STIR UP meaning: Provoke or incite strong feelings

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stir up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Definitions from Wiktionary (stir up)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To mix (ingredients) by stirring.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To move or disturb slightly; to make turbid.

Similar:

agitate, foment, shake up, disturb, incite, fire up, ignite, inflame, set off, commove, more...

Opposite:

calm, soothe, pacify, settle, quiet

Types:

agitate, arouse, commotion, disquiet, excite, incite, instigate, perturb, more...

Phrases:

stir up sunday, to stir up a hornet's nest, to stir up a hornets nest, Stir It Up, stir up emotionally, more...

Adjectives:

crushing, up in arms, stirring, smashable, snub, high-hat, fit, cramp, smasheroo, tore, shakedown

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