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agitate Verb

— If you agitate someone, you make them feel troubled or nervous. — If something is agitated, it moves with a violent, irregular action. The wind agitates the sea To agitate water in a vessel — If someone is agitated, they are disturbed or excited over something. He was greatly agitated by the news.

agitate

— verb (= stir up) try to stir up public opinion — verb (= rouse, charge, excite, charge up) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks — verb change the arrangement or position of — verb (= shake) move or cause to move back and forth The chemist shook the flask vigorously My hands were shaking — verb (= shift) move very slightly He shifted in his seat — verb (= crusade, push) 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

Synonyms agitate synonyms

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agitate English » English

stir up stir disturb excite shake incite upset arouse trouble annoy rouse confuse move worry stimulate shake up ruffle mix provoke bother alarm wave vex perturb irritate instigate foment fluster commove campaign wag turn on swing shake off get rid of churn abet work up sway shift roil mix up harass discuss discompose disarrange confound budge work wield

Topics agitate topics

What do people use agitate to talk about?
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Calm, rough
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Upset

Conjugation agitate conjugation

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agitate · verb

Examples agitate examples

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And it would only further agitate the Venetians.
The heretics meet everywhere, their preachers agitate against Rome.
His Highness should not agitate himself.
Must he agitate beneath your palace window?
You can't agitate her with her weak heart.
There's really no need to agitate yourself so much.
Open your lips, agitate yourself, and I'll not be answerable for the consequences.
You don't want to agitate the sediments.
Oh, he'll agitate you.
Do not agitate yourself.
It could agitate your mind.
I don't want to agitate this.
I didn't want to agitate him or anything.
Now, do either of you care to say anything else that might further agitate this crew or me?
Six glasses and he's ready to agitate.
Here you won't have much chance to agitate, with the two Zeros.
It is a small problem, merely, but a problem that will agitate the little gray cells most adequately.
The local government dare not agitate the Highlanders by reporting this to the Imperial Court for fear of chastisement.
Agitate it.
You really must not agitate yourself, Mademoiselle Neville.
Did he agitate the riot in the Square?
It could agitate your mind. Or help me control it.
We agitate it.
We have to be careful not to agitate her.
He knows I wanna be alone, so he put you here to agitate and punish me.
Be good. Don't agitate.
Because you agitate me.
If he won't turn his back, back him up to the wall, so you can agitate freely.
Do not agitate me.
Do not agitate me!
PROPAGANDA POSTERS TO AGITATE THE MASSES.
We sweeten it. We agitate it. We spin it around.
Well, there's nothing to be afraid of. I'm just going to agitate some of your molecules and split them apart.
Hurry up. I'm going to agitate the molecules now. Miss Sondra Mandelbaum.
Now, I'm going to agitate the molecules, so let me know if anything happens, you know, just keep me posted.

News and current affairs

With their backs against the wall, I predict, poor and working-class Americans will begin to agitate for social justice.
On the contrary, Pakistan's liberals are brave to agitate for democracy, the rule of law, and accountability for Musharraf, whose presidency appears beyond rehabilitation.
It is not only that, today, many Romanian journalists and columnists agitate against NATO or have taken the Serbian side.
Marxists used to agitate that the workers of the world unite.
Are those who agitate for affirmative action fighting for something that is more a quack remedy than a real solution?
Such anxiety is not surprising: US and Japanese defense capabilities are not symmetrical, and that is bound to agitate the more dependent party.

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