• (GA) IPA: /ˈstɝɪŋ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈstɜːɹɪŋ/

1. invigorating or inspiring
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473 ↗:

     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'.

   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]

     The opening crawl (and a stirring propaganda movie) informs us that “The Hunger Games” are an annual event in Panem, a North American nation divided into 12 different districts, each in service to the Capitol, a wealthy metropolis that owes its creature comforts to an oppressive dictatorship.

• French: passionnant, enthousiasmant
• German: ergreifend, bewegend, aufwühlend

1. present participle of stir#English|stir

stirring

1. (gerund of stir) An occasion on which something stirs or is stirred