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- Dictionaryag·i·tat·ed/ˈajəˌtātəd/
adjective
- 1. feeling or appearing troubled or nervous: "there's no point getting agitated"
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The meaning of AGITATED is troubled in mind : disturbed and upset. How to use agitated in a sentence.
: to move with an irregular, rapid, or violent action. The storm agitated the sea. intransitive verb. : to attempt to arouse public feeling.
worried or angry: She became very agitated when her son failed to return home. There was a long delay, and people became increasingly agitated as they waited for the train. See. agitate. Fewer examples. His grandfather has Alzheimer's and often grows confused and agitated at night.
Using agitated to describe things or people usually means that something has been stirred up or set in motion in a way that’s a bit messy or turbulent. When people become agitated, their emotions have been stirred up—the word implies the opposite of stillness or calm.
The verb agitate means "to shake up." So someone who is agitated has been shaken up by something — disturbing news, a careless driver who nearly caused a huge accident, or just a very long, very bad day. Agitated can also describe being activated, or fired up about something.
to argue forcefully, especially in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change: The unions continue to agitate for higher pay. As a young man, he had agitated against the Vietnam war. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Arguing & disagreeing. agent provocateur. alienated. argue with someone. argumentatively.
to move or force into violent, irregular action: The hurricane winds agitated the sea. Synonyms: toss, disturb. Antonyms: soothe, calm. to shake or move briskly: The machine agitated the mixture. to move to and fro; impart regular motion to. Synonyms: wave. to disturb or excite emotionally; arouse; perturb:
to argue forcefully, especially in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change: The unions continue to agitate for higher pay. As a young man, he had agitated against the Vietnam war. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. agitate verb (SHAKE) [ T ] chemistry specialized. to shake a liquid:
Agitate means to stir up. If you watch a horror movie at bedtime, you may be too agitated to sleep. Movies like that can agitate all sorts of adrenaline responses in the body.
1. To cause to move with violence or sudden force. 2. To upset; disturb: was agitated by the alarming news. 3. To arouse interest in (a cause, for example) by use of the written or spoken word; discuss or debate. v.intr. To stir up public interest in a cause: agitate for a tax reduction.
