The meaning of STIRRING is active, bustling. How to use stirring in a sentence.

STIRRING definition: 1. A stirring speech or song is one that produces strong, positive emotions. 2. the beginning of…. Learn more.

Something that's stirring is gripping or moving—it inspires some kind of powerful emotion, like Martin Luther King, Jr.'s stirring "I Have a Dream" speech.

A stirring event, performance, or account of something makes people very excited or enthusiastic. The director made a stirring speech. A stirring of a feeling or thought is the beginning of one. I …

Synonyms for STIRRING: breathtaking, exciting, interesting, thrilling, intriguing, inspiring, gripping, electric; Antonyms of STIRRING: tedious, boring, tiresome, unexciting, dull, monotonous, uninteresting, mind-numbing

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A stirring event, performance, or account of something makes people very excited or enthusiastic. The Prime Minister made a stirring speech. Stowe gives a stirring performance as a strong spirited female. ...a stirring account of the final months of the old regime. A stirring of a feeling or thought is the beginning of one.

stirring - capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; "a rousing sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues"

stirring (of something) the beginning of a feeling, an idea or a development. She felt a stirring of anger. the first stirrings of spring in the air

She gave a stirring [= moving] speech at the awards banquet. We felt the first stirrings of hope when we heard the news.