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- Dictionaryagitated/ˈadʒɪteɪtɪd/
adjective
- 1. feeling or appearing troubled or nervous: "there's no point getting agitated"
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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.
: troubled in mind : disturbed and upset. When Caswall asked him to describe what he had seen …, he got very agitated … Bram Stoker. was so agitated she could hardly speak. agitatedly adverb. pacing back and forth agitatedly. Synonyms. excited. feverish. frenzied. heated. hectic. hyperactive. overactive. overwrought.
AGITATE definition: 1. to make someone feel worried or angry: 2. to argue forcefully, especially in public, in order…. Learn more.
Definition of 'agitated' agitated. (ædʒɪteɪtɪd ) adjective. If someone is agitated, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice. Susan seemed agitated about something. The man in the house was in a very excited and agitated state. Synonyms: upset, worried, troubled, disturbed More Synonyms of agitated.
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.
The meaning of AGITATE is to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb. How to use agitate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Agitate.
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:
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.
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. Agitate derives from a Latin word that means "to drive away."
to cause to move vigorously; shake, stir, or disturb. 3. (intr; often foll by for or against) to attempt to stir up public opinion for or against something. 4. (transitive) to discuss or debate in order to draw attention to or gain support for (a cause, etc) to agitate a political cause. Collins English Dictionary.
