Agitate
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English
Verb
Agitate (third-person singular simple present Agitates, present participle agitating, simple past and past participle agitated)
- To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
- (rare) To move or actuate. --Thomson.
- To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
- 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.
- (colloquial) To ring a bell
Adverbs for Agitate
Adverbs
convulsively; considerably; indescribably; fiercely; greatly; gently; violently; internally; nervously; feverishly; vigorously; incessantly; recurrently; destructively; visibly; intellectually; markedly.
Synonyms for Agitate
- move, shake, excite, rouse, disturb, distract, revolve, discuss, debate, canvass, provoke, perturb, arouse, impel, drive, convulse, disturb, actuate, trouble, bother, annoy, fluster, stir.
Antonyms for Agitate
calm, soothe, quiet, lull, still.
Related terms
Thesaurus
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
Pronunciation
(RP) IPA: /ˈæ.dʒɪ.teɪt/ SAMPA: /"a.dZI.teIt/ (US) IPA: /ˈæ.ʤɪ.tet/
