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Definition of stirring adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stirring

adjective

/ˈstɜːrɪŋ/

/ˈstɜːrɪŋ/

[usually before noun]

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causing strong feelings; exciting
- a stirring performance
- stirring memories
- listening to stirring accounts of their heroic history
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