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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.
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.
AGITATE definition: 1. to make someone feel worried or angry: 2. to argue forcefully, especially in public, in order…. Learn more.
The earliest known use of the adjective agitated is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for agitated is from 1614, in a translation by Thomas Lodge, author and physician. agitated is formed within English, by derivation.
Definition of agitated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
1. intransitive verb. If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it. The women who worked in these mills had begun to agitate for better conditions. Synonyms: protest, campaign, push, demonstrate More Synonyms of agitate. 2. transitive verb.
