agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
(verb) change the arrangement or position of
agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
(verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; “The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks”
shake, agitate
(verb) move or cause to move back and forth; “The chemist shook the flask vigorously”; “My hands were shaking”
stir, shift, budge, agitate
(verb) move very slightly; “He shifted in his seat”
agitate, foment, stir up
(verb) try to stir up public opinion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
agitate (third-person singular simple present agitates, present participle agitating, simple past and past participle agitated)
(transitive) To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb. [from 16th c.]
(transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake. [from 16th c.]
(transitive, obsolete) To set in motion; to actuate. [16th–18th c.]
(transitive, now, rare) To discuss or debate. [from 16th c.]
(transitive, now, rare) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to consider, to devise. [from 17th c.]
• (discuss actively): discuss, debate, canvass
• move, shake, excite, rouse, disturb, distract, revolve
• (stir up): appease, calm, quieten
Source: Wiktionary
Ag"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Agitating.] Etym: [L. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in motion, fr. agere to move: cf. F. agiter. See Act, Agent.]
1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper.
2. To move or actuate. [R.] Thomson.
3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. The mind of man is agitated by various passions. Johnson.
4. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. Boyle.
5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
Syn.
– To move; shake; excite; rouse; disturb; distract; revolve; discuss; debate; canvass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 March 2025
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