Definition of Stirred up

1. Adjective. Emotionally aroused.

Exact synonyms: Aroused, Stimulated, Stirred
Similar to: Excited

Definition of Stirred up

1. Verb. (past of stir up) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stirred Up

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

Literary usage of Stirred up

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

1. 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 ..."

2. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1879)
"For more than three years there was peace between French William and Robert, between England and Normandy. stirred up Presently strife was again stirred up ..."

3. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"202. stirred up and prosecuted a vexatious suit against : 2. Art. 2. That he stirred up and prosecuted a vexatious suit against : _^-v^, 3. ..."

4. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox (1839)
"When I came to that town again, both he and his wife came to see me. being stirred up by this deceitful priest, fell upon us, and stoned us out of the town; ..."

5. The History of the Norman Conquest of England: Its Causes and Its Results by Edward Augustus Freeman (1876)
"For more than three years there was peace between French William and Robert, between England and Normandy, sti^ed up Presently strife was again stirred up ..."

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