| VERB | social | stir up, agitate, foment | try to stir up public opinion |
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| emotion | stir up, inflame, wake, ignite, heat, fire up | arouse or excite feelings and passions | |
| contact | stir up, agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, raise up | change the arrangement or position of | |
| communication | stir up, incite, instigate, set off | provoke or stir ... / stir up |
| Meaning | try to stir up public opinion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | agitate, foment | |
| Narrower | rumpus | Cause a disturbance |
| Broader | provoke, stimulate | Provide the needed stimulus for |
| See also | stir | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of |
| Spanish | agitar, combatir, fomentar, provocar | |
| Catalan | agitar, fomentar, revoltar | |
| Meaning | Arouse or excite feelings and passions. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | inflame, wake, ignite, heat, fire up | |
| Narrower | ferment | work up into agitation or excitement / excitement |
| Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| See also | stir | affect emotionally |
| Spanish | calentar, encender, inflamar | |
| Meaning | change the arrangement or position of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, raise up | |
| Narrower | beat, scramble | Stir vigorously |
| poke | Stir by poking | |
| roil, rile | make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | |
| toss | agitate | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | agitar, excitar, molestar, remover | |
| Catalan | agitar, excitar, molestar, remoure | |
| Meaning | Provoke or stir ... / stir up. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Synonyms | incite, instigate, set off | |
| Cause to | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
| Narrower | raise | activate or stir up |
| Broader | provoke, stimulate | Provide the needed stimulus for |
| Spanish | incitar, instigar, levantar, provocar | |
| Catalan | incitar | |
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