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Defenition of the word agitate

    • Defenition of the word agitate

      • To make someone excited and anxious.
      • To try to arouse public feeling and action.
      • Move or cause to move back and forth.
      • change the arrangement or position of
      • try to stir up public opinion
      • cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
      • engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; "She is crusading for women's rights"
      • move back and forth; "She shook her cousin's hands"; "Don't shake the bottle"; "My hands were shaking"
      • move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
      • move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
      • 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 fa
      • cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
      • move or cause to move back and forth
      • move very slightly
      • 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

    Synonyms for the word agitate

      • advocate
      • budge
      • campaign
      • charge
      • charge up
      • commove
      • crusade
      • demonstrate
      • disconcert
      • disquiet
      • disturb
      • excite
      • fight
      • foment
      • mix up
      • move around
      • press
      • protest
      • push
      • raise a fuss
      • raise up
      • rouse
      • shake
      • shake up
      • shift
      • stir
      • stir up
      • stir up opinion
      • toss around
      • trouble
      • turn on
      • vex
      • whisk
      • work up

    Similar words in the agitate

      • agitate
      • agitated
      • agitates

    Hyponyms for the word agitate

      • beat
      • bother
      • concuss
      • convulse
      • electrify
      • fan
      • fluff up
      • hype up
      • jactitate
      • jiggle
      • joggle
      • palpitate
      • plump up
      • poke
      • pother
      • psych up
      • quake
      • rattle
      • rile
      • roil
      • rumpus
      • scramble
      • shake up
      • slash
      • sparge
      • succuss
      • thrash
      • thrash about
      • thresh
      • thresh about
      • toss
      • tremble
      • tremor
      • wiggle

    Hypernyms for the word agitate

      • advertise
      • advertize
      • displace
      • disturb
      • move
      • promote
      • provoke
      • push
      • stimulate
      • trouble
      • upset

    Antonyms for the word agitate

      • calm
      • calm down
      • lull
      • quiet
      • quieten
      • still
      • tranquilize
      • tranquillise
      • tranquillize

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