Dictionary Definition
agitated adj
1 troubled emotionally and usually deeply;
"agitated parents" [ant: unagitated]
2 physically disturbed or set in motion; "the
agitated mixture foamed and bubbled" [ant: unagitated]
3 thrown from side to side; "a tossing ship"
[syn: tossing]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
agitated- past of agitate
Extensive Definition
Agitation may refer to:
- emotional state of excitement or restlessness
- psychomotor agitation, an extreme form of the above, which can be a side effect of antipsychotic medication
- agitation (action), putting into motion by shaking or stirring
- political agitation, political activities in which an agitator urges people to do something
- Agitated, a B-Side from the band Muse
See also
agitated in German: Agitation
agitated in Slovak: Agitácia
agitated in Finnish: Agitaatio
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abashed, afflicted, all shook up,
all-overish, anxious,
anxioused up, apprehensive, aroused, beset, bothered, bustling, cast down, chagrined, chapfallen, concerned, confused, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, embarrassed, excited, fearful, feverish, fidgeting, fidgety, flurried, flustered, fluttering, fluttery, foreboding, fretful, fussing, fussy, hung up, ill at ease, in a
pucker, in a quiver, in a stew, jittery, jumpy, misgiving, mortified, moved, nervous, nervy, on tenterhooks, out of
countenance, overanxious, overapprehensive,
perturbed, put-out,
put-upon, quivering,
quivery, rattled, restless, roused, ruffled, shaken, shaken up, shaking, shaky, shivering, shivery, shook up, skittery, solicitous, stirred up,
strained, suspenseful, tense, trembling, trembly, tremulant, tremulous, troubled, troublous, turbulent, twitchy, twittery, uncomfortable, uneasy, unnerved, unpeaceful, unquiet, unsettled, upset, wrought up, zealous