ALL meanings of agitate
ag·i·tate
A a - verb agitate If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it. 3
- verb agitate If you agitate something, you shake it so that it moves about. 3
- verb agitate If something agitates you, it worries you and makes you unable to think clearly or calmly. 3
- verb agitate to excite, disturb, or trouble (a person, the mind, or feelings); worry 3
- verb agitate to cause to move vigorously; shake, stir, or disturb 3
- verb agitate to attempt to stir up public opinion for or against something 3
- verb agitate to discuss or debate in order to draw attention to or gain support for (a cause, etc) 3
- verb transitive agitate to move violently 3
- verb transitive agitate to stir up or shake up 3
- verb transitive agitate to excite or disturb the feelings of 3
- verb transitive agitate to keep discussing so as to stir up interest in and support for 3
- intransitive verb agitate to stir up interest and support through speeches and writing so as to produce changes 3
- transitive verb agitate shake 1
- transitive verb agitate make anxious 1
- verb with object agitate to move or force into violent, irregular action: The hurricane winds agitated the sea. 1
- verb with object agitate to shake or move briskly: The machine agitated the mixture. 1
- verb with object agitate to move to and fro; impart regular motion to. 1
- verb with object agitate to disturb or excite emotionally; arouse; perturb: a crowd agitated to a frenzy by impassioned oratory; a man agitated by disquieting news. 1
- verb with object agitate to call attention to by speech or writing; discuss; debate: to agitate the question. 1
- verb with object agitate to consider on all sides; revolve in the mind; plan. 1
- verb without object agitate to arouse or attempt to arouse public interest and support, as in some political or social cause or theory: to agitate for the repeal of a tax. 1
- noun agitate Make (someone) troubled or nervous. 1
- verb agitate To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. 0
- verb agitate (rare) To move or actuate. 0
- verb agitate To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. 0
- verb agitate To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. 0
- verb agitate To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs. 0