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agitating Definition


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agitate
verb agitated, agitating
    1. To excite or trouble (a person, their feelings, nerves, etc).
      Thesaurus: stir up, stimulate, arouse, excite, work up, incite, inflame, rouse, disconcert, unnerve, unsettle, rattle, fluster; Antonym: calm, tranquilize, quiet.
    intr
    2. To stir up public opinion for or against an issue.
    3. To stir or shake (a liquid) vigorously, usually in order to mix it with another liquid or to dissolve a solid in it.
Derivative: agitated
adj
    In a state of great excitement or anxiety
      Thesaurus: anxious, flustered, disconcerted, uneasy, upset, perturbed, nervous, jumpy, ruffled, unnerved, distracted, flappable, restless, uptight (slang); Antonym: calm, composed, unflappable.
Derivative: agitatedly
adverb
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin agitare, agitatum.



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