agitate

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈæ.dʒɪ.teɪt/

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Verb

Plain form agitate

Third-person singular agitates

Past tense agitated

Past participle agitated

Present participle agitating

1. (transitive) If you agitate someone, you make them feel troubled or nervous.
2. If something is agitated, it moves with a violent, irregular action.

   The wind agitates the sea

   To agitate water in a vessel

3. (transitive) If someone is agitated, they are disturbed or excited over something.

   He was greatly agitated by the news.