awhirl

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/əˈwɜː(ɹ)l//əˈʍɜː(ɹ)l/

adjective

Whirling.

“My mind was awhirl with new ideas.”

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Meanings

adjectiveawhirl (comparative more awhirl, superlative most awhirl)

comparative more awhirl · superlative most awhirl

  1. Whirling.

    My mind was awhirl with new ideas.

    4 more examples

    golden leaves awhirl in the autumn breeze

    […] did you think I was so fair when we played boy and girl, Where blue forget-me-nots bloomed on the brink Of our stream which the mill-wheel sent awhirl?

    1866, Christina Rossetti, The Prince’s Progress and Other Poems,, London: Macmillan, page 104

    The music rippled and ran and the dancers danced till the hall was awhirl with the rhythm of their dancing,

    1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, chapter 3, in The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC

    Dorrigo’s mind was awhirl with how he would get out of Warradale without permission, where he would find a vehicle, where they might secretly meet.

    2013, Richard Flanagan, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, London: Vintage Books, page 167

Origin

From a- + whirl.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with awhirl

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Cite this entry
APA

awhirl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awhirl

MLA

“awhirl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awhirl. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “awhirl,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awhirl.

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