Home › Words › U › upstirupstirupstir · noun — commotion; disturbance, tumult.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, upstir ranks #15,987 of 43,014 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom up- + stir.nounCommotion; disturbance, tumult.verbTo disturb, cause a commotion, stir up.e.g.“And conscience to upstir him […]” — 1876, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth, Ishmael In the Depths, digitized edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2005:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.upstirring 90% match — disturbance; commotion vs upstir →commotion 68% match — A state of turbulent motion. vs upstir →pother 67% match — A commotion, a tempest. vs upstir →stramash 66% match — A tumult or disturbance. vs upstir →stushie 65% match — A commotion. vs upstir →uprest 65% match — uprising vs upstir →upheaving 65% match — upheaval vs upstir →upsetting 64% match — An overturning or disarrangement. vs upstir →