stir up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
try to stir up public opinion
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- instigation derivation
- agitator derivation
Sense 2 verb
arouse or excite feelings and passions
The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
change the arrangement or position of
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
provoke or stir up
incite a riot
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- act causes
- instigation derivation
- incitement derivation
- incitation derivation
- instigator derivation
- seditious derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | instigation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | agitator |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | provoke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rumpus |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inflaming |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | passion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | seditious |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | arouse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ferment |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scramble |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | toss |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | roil |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | poke |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | act |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | instigation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | incitement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | incitation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | instigator |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | seditious |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | provoke |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | raise |