AGITATED

agitated

(adjective) troubled emotionally and usually deeply; “agitated parents”

agitated

(adjective) physically disturbed or set in motion; “the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

agitated

simple past tense and past participle of agitate

Adjective

agitated (comparative more agitated, superlative most agitated)

Angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up.

(of a solution or substance) Violently and chaotically moving around, such as because of being shaken.

Source: Wiktionary


AGITATE

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



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