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'.
present participle and gerund of stir
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.
By surface analysis, stir + -ing.
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