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Definition: Stir Up |
Stir UpVerb1. Try to stir up public opinion. 2. Arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred". 3. Change the arrangement or position of. 4. Provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Stir UpSynonyms: agitate (v), commove (v), disturb (v), fire up (v), foment (v), heat (v), ignite (v), incite (v), inflame (v), instigate (v), raise up (v), set off (v), shake up (v), wake (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discord | Split; break with, break squares with, part company with; declare war, try conclusions; join issue, put in issue; pick a quarrel, fasten a quarrel on; sow dissension, stir up dissension; Noun: embroil, entangle, disunite, widen the breach; set at odds, set together by the ears; set against, pit against. |
Excitation | Stimulate; exsuscitate; inspirit; spirit up, stir up, work up, pique; infuse life into, give new life to; bring new blood, introduce new blood; quicken; sharpen, whet; work upon; (incite); hurry on, give a fillip, put on one's mettle. |
Mixture | Verb: mix; join; combine; commix, immix, intermix; mix up with, mingle; commingle, intermingle, bemingle; shuffle; (derange); pound together; hash up, stir up; knead, brew; impregnate with; interlard; (interpolate); intertwine, interweave; associate with; miscegenate. |
Resentment | Cause anger, raise anger; affront, offend; give offense, give umbrage; anger; hurt the feelings; insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique; excite; irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile; sting, sting to the quick; rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath; stick in one's gizzard; rankle &e.; hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw. |
Violence | Render violent; Adjective: sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on; irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate, foment; accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury; fan the flame; add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Stir Up |
| English words defined with "stir up": agitate, Arear ♦ cockle, Commote, Concite ♦ Exagitate ♦ foment ♦ incite, instigate ♦ raise, riffle, ripple, ruffle ♦ set off, stoke ♦ To work up ♦ undulate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "stir up": Choriambic Metre ♦ dustpan dredge ♦ epibenthic dredge ♦ Horse ♦ Noadiah. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "stir up": Origin. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Figure 29. Dredging harrows used to stir up the bottom in order to capture the small crustaceans and other creatures that lived there. This instrument was fabricated at the Oceanographic Museum in 1939. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| Activate; alert; animate; arouse; awaken; call forth; enliven; excite; incite; kindle; provoke; revive; stimulate; stir up; vivify; awake. | |
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Health | Don't stir up dust by sweeping up or vacuuming up droppings, urine or nesting materials. (references) | |
Economic History | Guyana | The sea wall that protects the low-lying, populous coastal region suffers breaches, especially during the rainy season from November to February as high tides and strong winds stir up strong waves. (references) |
Human Rights | Pakistan | Under the Act, terrorist killings are punishable by death and any act, including speech, intended to stir up religious hatred, is punishable by up to 7 years' rigorous imprisonment. (references) |
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Expressions using "stir up": stir up a hornet's nest ♦ stir up a revolt ♦ stir up a tempest ♦ stir up quarrel ♦ stir up trouble ♦ To stir up a hornet's nest. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "stir up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | beroer (abet, agitate, alarm, incite, stir, touch lightly), agiteer (abet, agitate, incite, stir). (various references) | |
Albanian | nxit (abet, actuate, arouse, begrime, bring, dare, dispose, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incendiarism, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), nxis (abet, actuate, animate, arouse, begrime, bring, challenge, dare, dispose, drive, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), agjitoj (abet, agitate, incite). (various references) | |
Arabic | بعث (to generate, to send to). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разклащам (depolarise, joggle, loosen, rock, shake, shake up), разбърквам добре, раздухвам (blow, fan, instigate, key up, quicken, rake up), подтиквам (actuate, fillip, goad, help forward, hypo, impel, incite, inspire, invigorate, invite, move, prod, prompt, provoke, resolve, spur, urge on). (various references) | |
Chinese | 挑起 (incite), " (fling, hurry, rage, rush, throw), '弄 (order subject about), '弄 (fiddle with, move to and fro). (various references) | |
Czech | zamíchat, pobouřit (incense, move, put out, rouse, work up). (various references) | |
Danish | stimulere (abet, rouse, stimulate). (various references) | |
Dutch | stimuleren (abet, rouse, stimulate), schudden (abet, agitate, incite, shake, shock), sarren (abet, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, stimulate), opruien (abet, agitate, incite), aansporen (abet, admonish, encourage, impel, instigate, rouse, scold, spur on, stimulate, urge), aanstoken (abet, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, stimulate), aanvuren (abet, cheer, encourage, fan, fire, impel, inspire, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, urge), aanwakkeren (abet, agitate, encourage, excite, fan, fire, freshen, impel, increase, inspire, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, urge), aanzetten (abet, activate, attach, fan, fire, fur, inspire, put on, put onto, sew, sew on, sharpen, start, stimulate, switch on, swotch on, turn on, urge), agiteren (abet, agitate, incite), de sporen geven (incite, rouse, spur, stimulate), irriteren (abet, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, stimulate), aanporren (abet, rouse, stimulate), ophitsen (abet, agitate, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, stimulate), zwepen (abet, encourage, impel, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, urge, whip), opstoken (abet, agitate, incite), opwinden (abet, agitate, excite, incite, rouse, strech, wind, wind up), prikkelen (abet, agitate, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, spur, stimulate), verhitten (agitate, excite, rouse), verlevendigen (abet, animate, encourage, fan, fire, inspire, stimulate, urge), werken op (agitate, excite, rouse), op stang jagen (abet, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, stimulate). (various references) | |
Esperanto | stimuli (rouse, stimulate), sproni (incite, rouse, spur, stimulate), plivigligi (fan, fire, inspire, stimulate, urge on), inciti (abet, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, stimulate), bloveksciti, agiti (abet, agitate, incite). (various references) | |
Faeroese | arga (abet, carp at, excite, haze, incite, provoke, quibble, rouse, stimulate), øsa (abet, agitate, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, stimulate), ørkymla (abet, agitate, confuse, incite, puzzle). (various references) | |
Finnish | kiihottaa (abet, agitate, excite, incite, rouse, stimulate). (various references) | |
French | troubler, stimuler (stimulate), agiter (stir, to stir). (various references) | |
Frisian | oanwakkereje (abet, fan, fire, inspire, stimulate, urge), oantrune (abet, encourage, impel, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, urge), oantrúnje (abet, encourage, impel, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, urge), oansjasje (abet, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, stimulate), oanhysje (abet, cheer, encourage, excite, fire, impel, incite, inspire, instigate, provoke, rouse, spur on, stimulate, urge), oanfjurje (abet, cheer, encourage, fire, impel, inspire, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, urge), oanfiterje (abet, cheer, encourage, fire, impel, inspire, instigate, rouse, spur on, stimulate, urge). (various references) | |
German | umrühren (stir, to stir up), aufhetzen (abet, encourage, excite, impel, incite, instigate, provoke, rouse, spur on, stimulate, to abet, to incite, urge), anregen (abet, agitate, animate, encourage, excite, incite, innervate, inspire, instigate, motivate, prompt, propose, quicken, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, suggest, to animate, to excite, to innervate, to inspire, to motivate, to stimulate, vivify, whet). (various references) | |
Greek | ξεσηκώνω (arouse, rouse), υποκινώ (abet, foment, incite, instigate, prompt), υποδαυλίζω (foment). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | agjitoj (abet, agitate, incite). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לעורר (alarm, alert, appeal, contest, excite, infuriate, inspire, instigate, occasion, promote, prompt, spark, spirit, stimulate), ל"מריץ (drive, encourage, goad, hearten, impel, instigate, spirit, spur, stimulate, tone up, urge), ל"ל"יב (animate, enthuse, excite, kindle, whip up, work up), ל"רבן (egg on, goad, prod, spur, stimulate, sting, urge). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fellázít, agitál (abet, agitate, incite, to be on the stump). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mengasung, mengapi (fan, rouse, warm up), mengaduk-aduk, mengaduk (beat, interfere, scramble), asung. (various references) | |
Italian | stimolare (abet, actuate, animate, energise, Energize, goad, incite, invite, motivate, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, stir, tickle, whet), spronare (abet, excite, goad, incite, provoke, rouse, spur, stimulate, stir), sollevare (arise, get over, heave, hoist, Jack, lift, purchase, raise, rear, relieve, rise, send up, solace, stem, touch off, uplift), sobillare, scatenare (break out, rouse, run wild, set off), risvegliare (arouse, awaken, revive, rouse, wake, wake up), riscaldare (get excited, get warm, give heat, heat, heat up, heating, stoke, warm, warm up), rimescolare (mix up, shuffle), incitare (abet, animate, egg, embolden, excite, goad, hound, impel, incite, lash, prompt, provoke, rouse, spur, stimulate, sting, stir, tempt). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 掻き起"す (to stir up), "る (to arouse, to excite, to incite, to stimulate, to stir up, to tempt), 引っ掻き回す (to ransack, to rummage, to stir up, to tamper with, to throw into confusion), 混ぜ"す (to banter, to jeer at, to make fun of, to stir up), 振り起"す (to stimulate, to stir up), 掻き回す (to churn, to disturb, to ransack, to stir up), アクリル繊維 (accommodator, accord, accordion, accordion door, accordion pleats, achromatic lens, acid, acidosis, acoustic, acoustic guitar, acoustic sound, acrobat, acrobatic, acrobatic dance, acrobatic dancer, acropolis, acrylic fiber, acrylonitrile, against, against wind, agglomeration, aggressive, agitation, agoraphobia, agreement, agribusiness, agriculture, Asia, Asia dollar, aside, assassin, assault, assert, assertiveness training, assign, assignment, assist, assistance, assistant, assistant director, assistant manager, assistant purser, asymmetric design, asymmetry, contortionist, to instigate, to stir up), 掻き立てる (to arouse, to stir up), 薮蛇に成る (to put one's foot in one's mouth, to stir up a hornet's nest, you'll only make work for yourself), 焚き付ける (to build a fire, to instigate, to kindle, to stir up), 焚きつける (to build a fire, to instigate, to kindle, to stir up), 盛り上'る (to bring to a climax, to heap up, to pile up, to raise, to stir up), 煽てる (to flatter, to instigate, to stir up), 煽る (to agitate, to fan, to stir up), 突き動かす (to arouse, to stimulate, to stir up), 掻き乱す (to disturb, to stir up). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たきつける (to build a fire, to instigate, to kindle, to stir up), お てる (to flatter, to instigate, to stir up), そそる (to arouse, to excite, to incite, to stimulate, to stir up, to tempt), ひっかきまわす (to ransack, to rummage, to stir up, to tamper with, to throw into confusion), まぜかえす (to banter, to jeer at, to make fun of, to stir up), ふりお"す (to stimulate, to stir up), つきう"かす (to arouse, to stimulate, to stir up), かきたてる (to arouse, to stir up, to write up), かきお"す (to beginwriting, to stir up), かきまわす (to churn, to disturb, to ransack, to stir up), かきみ す (to disturb, to stir up), あおる (to agitate, to fan, to gulp down, to slurp, to stir up), アジる (to instigate, to stir up), やぶへびになる (to put one's foot in one's mouth, to stir up a hornet's nest, you'll only make work for yourself), もりあ'る (to bring to a climax, to heap up, to pile up, to raise, to stir up). (various references) | |
Manx | seiy (agitate, bear down, churn, churning, foment, fomentation, gore, gore of bull, knife, litter, lunge, mix up, mixing, mixture, muddy; pushing, prod, propel, propulsion, protrusion, push, shove, shoving, stab, stick, stir, thrust, tilt, tilting, transfix), greesaghey (abet, accelerate, agitate, drive, egg on, excitation, excite, excitement, fire, fire enthusiasm, foment, fomentation, foster, incentive, incite, instigate, instigation, press, prod, provocation, provoke, stir), foostyral, doostey (arouse, awaken, freshen, raise, start, switch on), broddey (goad, jab, nudge with nose, poke, prick, prickle, probe, rouse). (various references) | |
Papiamen | stimulá (abet, rouse, stimulate). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | irstay upay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sacolejar (abet, incite), sacudir (abet, bob, concuss, flip, flirt, incite, jar, jerk, jog, jolt, jounce, rock, shake, shake off, swing, toss, wag, waver, whisk, yank), esporear (incite, rouse, spur, stimulate), agitar (abet, agitate, alarm, beat, brandish, bustle, churn, cob, commove, convulse, dimple, discompose, excite, faze, ferment, flap, flick, fling, flounce, flourish, flurry, flutter, fret, incite, jar, jingle, jounce, moot, perturb, pulsate, quiver, ripple, shake, stir, sway, swing, switch, toss, ventilate, waggle, wave, whip up, whisk), aguçar (acuminate, excite, point, rouse, sharpen, whittle), aguaçar (rouse, stimulate), amotinar (abet, incite), atiçar (excite, poke, provoke, rouse, stir), concitar (abet, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, stimulate), acirrar (excite, rouse), esporar (incite, rouse, spur, stimulate), estimular (accelerate, actuate, arouse, awake, encourage, energize, excite, exhort, fillip, flatter, flush, galvanize, impel, incite, inspire, inspirit, irritate, jog, kindle, nurture, press, promote, put forward, quicken, rouse, stimulate, urge, vivify, waken, whet), excitar (agitate, calorify, disgruntle, electrify, enkindle, excite, exciting, ferment, fire, flurry, flush, fluster, galvanize, incense, incite, inflame, intrigue, irritate, kindle, kittle, move, provoke, rouse, stimulate, stir, thrill, thurify, waken, whet), incitar (abet, actuate, arouse, awake, egg, egg on, encourage, excite, goad, halloo, impel, incite, instigate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, rouse, set on, spur on, stimulate, urge), inflamar (bag, disgruntle, enkindle, excite, fire, heat, ignite, incense, inflame, light, rouse, thurify), provocar (abet, add fuel to, aggravate, arouse, bring, bring on, cause, cause to take place, challenge, court, defy, egg, egg on, excite, gall, generate, incite, induce, infuse, instigate, invite, nettle, occasion, pick, provoke, raise, rattle, rouse, solicit, start, stimulate, waken), reavivar (renew, rouse, stimulate), encorajar (assure, boost, brave, embolden, encourage, flush, incite, inspirit, invite, nerve, rouse, spirit, stimulate, sustain, uphold). (various references) | |
Romanian | stimula (abet, activate, actuate, brace, cheer, develop, dynamize, elate, Energize, enliven, excite, fillip, fire, gladden, goad, hop, incite, inspire, irritate, lash, motive, needle, pander to, pep, pep up, prick, prompt, propel, provoke, push, quicken, rouse, sharpen, spur, stimulate, tickle, urge, whet), scormoni (dig up, fan, ferret, Grout, poke up, rake, ransack, rout, rummage, scan, scrutinize, search), provoca (abet, agitate, bring, bring on, bring to pass, call forth, cause, challenge, create, dare, defy, elicit, encourage, excite, fling down the gauntlet, give, give rise to, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invite, provoke, raise, rouse, spur on, start, stimulate, stir, throw down the gauntlet, urge, work up), incita (abet, excite, incite, inflame, instigate, provoke, riot, rouse, stimulate), excita (agitate, awaken, excite, irritate, pander to, quicken, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, tickle, whet), aţîţa (abet, encourage, excite, impel, incite, instigate, provoke, rouse, spur on, stimulate, urge). (various references) | |
Scottish | caislich, bruidlich, brosdaich, birtich. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zapodenuti (begin), uzmutiti (churn), uzbuniti (alarm), uzbuditi (affect, disturb, excite, stir, thrill, touch), raspirivati, promešati (stir), podbosti (prick off, spark), oduševiti (enthuse, excite, spirit), dići (boost, elevate, heave, hoist, jack, lift, raise, rise). (various references) | |
Spanish | espolear (abet, encourage, impel, incite, instigate, prick, rouse, spur, spur on, stimulate, urge), instigar (abet, activate, cause, excite, give rise to, incite, initiate, instigate, provoke, rouse, start, stimulate), incitar (abet, cheer, encourage, fan, fire, impel, incite, inciter, inspire, instigate, provoke, put up, rouse, spur on, stimulate, stir, urge, urge on), estimular (abet, boost, bring on, encourage, excite, exhilarate, fuel, ginger up, incite, invigorate, jog, liven, liven up, prod, promote, prompt, quicken, rouse, shake up, spur, stimulate, stir, titillate, whip up), animar (abet, animate, brighten up, brisk, buck up, cheer, embolden, encourage, enliven, fan, fire, hearten, impel, inspire, inspirit, instigate, jazz, lift, liven, liven up, pep up, perk up, pull for, reman, rouse, spur on, stimulate, urge, urge on). (various references) | |
Swedish | uppröra (agitate, disturb, excite, flurry, horrify, horrily, inflame, irritate, outrage, rouse, shock, stir, upset). (various references) | |
Turkish | uyandırmak (arouse, awake, awaken, call, disabuse, disabuse of, evoke, excite, inspire, kindle, knock up, provoke, quicken, recall, revive, rouse, rouse up, spark, stir, undeceive, wake, wake up, waken, whet), teşvik etmek (abet, cheer, cheer on, countenance, draw, egg, egg on, embolden, encourage, fillip, Foster, ginger, ginger up, give a fillip to, give countenance to, goad, goad on, incite, induce, inspirit, instigate, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, lend wings to, prod, prompt, put a premium on, put smb. on his mettle, revitalize, set on, sharpen, spark, spoonfeed, spur, spur smb. on, stimulate, tickle up, urge), tahrik etmek (agitate, egg, egg on, excite, fan, ferment, hound, hound on, incite, instigate, irritate, jockey into, move, provoke, rough the wrong way, rouse, seduce, solicit, stimulate, sting, turn on, whet, whip up, wind up, work up), karıştırmak (add, admix, amalgamate, blend, churn, commingle, commix, complicate, concoct, confound, confuse, darken, diffuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, disturb, embroil, entangle, ferret about, foul, foul up, hash, implicate, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, involve, inweave, jumble, jumble together, jumble up, knot, litter, make hay of smth., meld, mess, mess smth. about, mess up, mingle, mistake, mix, mix up, monkey around with, monkey with, muddle, muss, pick, poke, poke up, Ravel, ruffle, scramble, scramble together, scramble up, shuffle, snarl, stir, tamper with, tangle, tousle, trim, tumble, unsettle, weave), kışkırtmak (agitate, antagonize, defy, egg, egg on, excite, fan the flame, ferment, foment, ginger, ginger up, goad, goad on, hound, hound on, incite, inflame, instigate, jockey into, lash, prod, provoke, rouse, set on, solicit, sting, tempt, warm up, whip up), heyecanlandırmak (carry away, electrify, exalt, excite, ferment, flush, hot up, impassion, inebriate, key up, Spike, stir, sweep away, sweep off, thrill, tickle up, transport, turn on, unsettle, warm up, wind up, work up), başlatmak (begin, commence, get going, give a start, induct, initiate, institute, launch, lead away, lead off, open, open the ball, set off, start, trigger), ayağa kaldırmak (alarm, instigate, raise), alevlendírmek (abet, excite, incite, provoke, rouse, stimulate), çırpmak (beat, beat up, churn, clap, cream, fold, mill, scramble, shake, shake up, whip, whip up, whisk). (various references) | |
Turkmen | цjьkdirmek (stir up against). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | викликати (arouse, bring forth, bring on, call, call in, cause, challenge, champion, cite, create, defy, evoke, necessitate, procure, provoke, send for, send up, set smb. agog, strike, summon, touch off, wake, warn, whistle up), збовтувати (agitate, churn, jumble, shake up). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | accendam, accendantur, accendebant, accendens, accendentes, accendere, accenderent, accenderunt, accendet, accendetur, accendimus, accendit, accendunt, accensa, accensi, accensis, accenso, accensus, accensusque, commota, commotae, commotaque, commoti, commotis, commotum, commotus, commoveantur, commoveat, commoveatur, commovebantur, commovebit, commovebitur, commovebo, commovebor, commovebuntur, commovendum, commoventes, commoventur, commovere, commoveretur, commoveri, commoverit, commoverunt, commovet, commovi, commovisti, commovit, concitant, concitantem, concitantur, concitare, concitasti, concitat, concitata, concitate, concitati, concitatus, concitaverit, concitaverunt, concitavit, concitetur, conciti, concito, exagitabantur, exagitabat, exagitat, excita, excitabis, excitabit, excitabitur, excitabo, excitandi, excitandum, excitantibus, excitare, excitatas, excitate, excitatus, excitaverunt, excitavi, excitavit, excitet, excito, exsuscitem, misceantur, misceatur, miscebant, miscebitur, miscendam, miscentur, miscere, misceri, miscuerit, miscui, miscuit, mixta, mixtis, mixto, mixtum, mixturam, mixtus, permoveo, sollicita, sollicitabat, sollicitans, stimulare, suscita, suscitabimus, suscitabis, suscitabit, suscitabo, suscitabunt, suscitabuntur, suscitandas, suscitans, suscitant, suscitare, suscitarent, suscitarer, suscitares, suscitaret, suscitat, suscitata, suscitate, suscitatione, suscitatis, suscitatur, suscitatus, suscitaverit, suscitaverunt, suscitavi, suscitavit, suscitavitque, suscitem, suscitemus, suscites, suscitet, suscitetis, suscito. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | drefan. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | emouvoir. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 15, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Orgh apollusin kai fronimouV apokrisiV de upopiptousa apostrefei qumon logoV de luphroV egeirei orgaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Responsio mollis frangit iram sermo durus suscitat furorem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A nesshe answere breketh wrathe; an hard woord rereth woodnesse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 15, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang tubag nga malomo makapahupay sa kapungot; Apan ang pulong nga mahait makapapukaw sa kasuko. |
| Chinese | 回 " " ' 、 使 ' 消 退 . 言 語 暴 戾 、 觸 動 ' 氣 。 |
| Croatian | Blag odgovor ublažava jarost, a rijeè osorna uveæava srdžbu. |
| Danish | Mildt svar stiller vrede, sårende ord vækker nag. |
| Dutch | Een zacht antwoord keert de grimmigheid af; maar een smartend woord doet den toorn oprijzen. |
| Finnish | Leppeä vastaus taltuttaa kiukun, mutta loukkaava sana nostaa vihan. |
| French | Une réponse douce calme la fureur, Mais une parole dure excite la colère. |
| German | Eine linde Antwort stillt den Zorn; aber ein hartes Wort richtet Grimm an. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dengan jawaban yang ramah, kemarahan menjadi reda; jawaban yang pedas membangkitkan amarah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa sahut yang lembut itu memadamkan amarah yang bernyala-nyala, tetapi perkataan yang tajam menggalakkan amarah. |
| Italian | Una risposta gentile calma la collera, una parola pungente eccita l'ira. |
| Maori | ¶ Ma te kupu ngawari e kaupare te riri; ma te kupu taimaha ia e whakaoho te riri. |
| Norwegian | Mildt svar stiller harme, men et sårende ord vekker vrede. |
| Portuguese | A resposta branda desvia o furor, mas a palavra dura suscita a ira. |
| Rumanian | Un rqspuns blknd potolewte mknia, dar o vorbq asprq aykyq mknia. |
| Russian | лТПФЛЙК ПФЧЕФ ПФЧТБЭБЕФ ЗОЕЧ, Б ПУЛПТ'ЙФЕМШОПЕ УМПЧП ЧПЪ'ХЦ"БЕФ СТПУФШ. |
| Spanish | La suave respuesta quita la ira, pero la palabra áspera aumenta el furor. |
| Swedish | Fortsättning av den första samlingen av salomoniska ordspråk. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: purist, upstir. | |
| Words within the letters "i-p-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: puris, sirup, situp, spirt, sprit, spurt, stirp, strip, trips, turps. | |
-2 letters: pits, puri, purs, puts, rips, rust, ruts, spit, spur, stir, suit, tips, trip, tuis, tups. | |
-3 letters: its, pis, pit, piu, psi, pur, pus, put, rip, rut, sip, sir, sit, sri, sup, tip, tis, tui, tup, ups, uts. | |
-4 letters: is, it, pi, si, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-p-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: disrupt, irrupts, purists, pursuit, stirrup, turnips, upstair, upstirs. | |
+2 letters: culprits, cuprites, disputer, disrupts, imputers, outstrip, pictures, piecrust, protiums, pruritus, puristic, puritans, purities, pursiest, pursuits, puttiers, pyritous, quipster, roupiest, spurting, stipular, stirrups, stumpier, stupider, superhit, surprint, triumphs, turnspit, unripest, uprights, upstairs, writeups. | |
+3 letters: courtship, croupiest, dipterous, disputers, disrepute, disrupted, disrupter, eruptions, eruptives, eupatrids, frumpiest, grumpiest, imposture, outprices, outsprint, outstrips, pasturing, peripatus, pertussis, piecrusts, pluralist, posturing, poultries, pratiques, preaudits, presummit, preunites, printouts, proustite, puberties, putrefies, quipsters, rainspout, rumpliest, scripture, septarium, spiritous, spiritual, spirituel, sprouting, spruciest, subscript, subtropic, supercity, superhits, superthin, supinator, surprints, trapezius, tricuspid, troupials, turnpikes, turnspits, tutorship, uplifters, upstaring, upstirred. | |
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