stirring means invigorating or inspiring. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 66 out of 100.
stirring is pronounced /ˈstɝɪŋ/.
Etymology
By surface analysis, stir + -ing.
adj
- invigorating or inspiring“As he had said, his voice was hoarse, but he sang well enough, and it was a stirring tune, something between 'Clementine' and 'La Cucaracha'.”
noun
- An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred“The reduction takes the central bank back to where it was in December 2005, when it began raising its key rate despite objections from some political figures and many economists about choking the early stirrings of a recovery in growth.”