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Adjective agitated has 3 senses
- agitated - troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"
Antonyms: unagitated, calm
- agitated - physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled"
Antonyms: unagitated, nonturbulent, unstirred
- agitated, tossing - thrown from side to side; "a tossing ship"
Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
Verb agitate has 6 senses
- agitate, foment, stir up - try to stir up public opinion
--1 is one way to provoke, stimulate
Sample sentences:
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- agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up - cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
--2 is one way to disturb, upset, trouble
Antonyms: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
Sample sentences:
The bad news will agitate him
The good news will agitate her
- crusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitate - 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"
--3 is one way to advertise, advertize, promote, push
Sample sentences:
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- stir, shift, budge, agitate - move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
--4 is one way to move
Sample sentence:
The crowds agitate in the streets
- shake, agitate - move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
--5 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
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- agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up - change the arrangement or position of
--6 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
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