Dictionary Definition
agitate
Verb
2 cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The
speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn:
rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up]
[ant: calm]
3 exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or
obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain
cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for
reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is
pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: crusade, fight, press, campaign, push]
5 move or cause to move back and forth; "The
chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" [syn:
shake]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in motion, fr. agere to move: compare with French agiter. See Act, Agent.Verb
- To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. ``Winds . . . agitate the air.'' --Cowper.
- To move or actuate. [R.] --Thomson.
- To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly
agitated.
- The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson.
- To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle.
- To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
Translations
To move with a violent, irregular action
To move or actuate
To stir up, to disturb or excite
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its
aspects
- German: aufwühlen
Italian
Adjective
agitateExtensive Definition
Agitation may refer to:
- emotional state of excitement or restlessness
- psychomotor agitation, an extreme form of the above, which can be a side effect of antipsychotic medication
- agitation (action), putting into motion by shaking or stirring
- political agitation, political activities in which an agitator urges people to do something
- Agitated, a B-Side from the band Muse
See also
agitate in German: Agitation
agitate in Slovak: Agitácia
agitate in Finnish: Agitaatio
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
actuate, afflict, air, argue, arouse, assail, attack, beat, beat up, blow the coals,
bother, bounce, broach, bug, burden, campaign, canvass, churn, churn up, concern, concuss, consider, convulse, debate, disarrange, discept, discombobulate, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, disconcert, dispute, disquiet, distract, distress, disturb, drive, electrify, embroil, exasperate, excite, fan, fan the flame, feed the fire,
ferment, fire, flurry, fluster, flutter, foment, frazzle, fret, fuss, give concern, heat, heat up, impassion, impel, incense, incite, inflame, instigate, irritate, jar, joggle, jolt, jounce, load with care, moot, move, nettle, paddle, peeve, perturb, perturbate, pique, press, promote, provoke, psych, push, put to it, put up to,
rally, rattle, rile, ripple, rock, roil, roughen, rouse, ruffle, rumple, set on, shake, shake up, shock, sic on, spook, stagger, stir, stir the embers, stir up,
swirl, thrash out,
throw, throw into
confusion, tickle,
trouble, unhinge, unnerve, unsettle, untune, upset, ventilate, whet, whip, whip up, whisk, work
up