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Agitation

Agitation Meaning & Definition
Agitation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Agitation?

[n] the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)
[n] disturbance usually in protest
[n] the feeling of being agitated; not calm
[n] a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced a new leadership"; "social unrest"
[n] a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance

Synonyms | Synonyms for Agitation: excitement | ferment | fermentation | hullabaloo | turmoil | unrest | upheaval

Related Terms | Find terms related to Agitation: ado | aggravation | all-overs | angst | animation | anxiety | anxiety hysteria | anxiety neurosis | anxious bench | anxious concern | anxious seat | anxiousness | apprehension | apprehensiveness | arousal | arousing | attack of nerves | bluster | bother | botheration | brawl | broil | brouhaha | buck fever | burst | bustle | cacophony | cankerworm of care | care | case of nerves | chaos | chills of fear | churning | cold creeps | cold shivers | cold sweat | commotion | concern | concernment | confusion | creeps | disquiet | disquietude | distress | disturbance | dither | dread | ebullience | ebullition | eddy | effervescence | electrification | embroilment | exacerbation | exasperation | excessive irritability | excitation | excitement | exhilaration | fanaticism | fear | fear and trembling | feery-fary | ferment | fermentation | fidgetiness | fidgets | firing | fit | flap | flurry | fluster | flutter | flutteriness | fomentation | foofaraw | foreboding | forebodingness | frenzy | fume | furor | furore | fury | fuss | fussiness | galvanization | goose bumps | gooseflesh | heartquake | horripilation | hubbub | hullabaloo | hurly-burly | hurry | hurry-scurry | incitation | incitement | inflammation | infuriation | inquietude | instigation | irritation | jimjams | lather | lathering up | maelstrom | malaise | misgiving | morbid excitability | nerves | nervosity | nervous stomach | nervous strain | nervous tension | nervousness | overanxiety | palpitation | pandemonium | panic | panickiness | passion | pell-mell | pep rally | pep talk | perturbation | pins and needles | pother | provocation | pucker | quaking | quiver of terror | rabble-rousing | racket | rage | restlessness | row | ruckus | ruffle | rumpus | scramble | shaking | shivers | solicitude | spasm | spell of nerves | spurt | stage fright | state of nerves | steaming up | stew | stimulation | stimulus | stir | stirring | stirring up | stirring-up | storminess | strain | suspense | sweat | swirl | swirling | tempestuousness | tension | thrill of fear | tic | to-do | trepidation | trepidity | trouble | tumult | tumultuousness | turbulence | turmoil | twitching | uneasiness | unquiet | unquietness | uproar | upset | vellication | vexation | vortex | whipping up | whirl | wildness | working up | yeastiness | zeal | zealousness

See Also | disturbance | disturbance | dither | feeling | fidget | fidgetiness | flap | fret | fuss | lather | mental state | motility | motion | move | movement | perturbation | pother | psychological state | restlessness | shake | shaking | stew | stewing | stir | stirring | Sturm und Drang | sweat | swither | tailspin | tizzy | tumult | turbulence | turmoil | unrest | upheaval | upset | wag | waggle | worrying

Agitation In Webster's Dictionary

\Ag`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. agitatio: cf. F. agitation.] 1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation. 2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation. 3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation. ``Religious agitations.'' --Prescott. 4. Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate. A logical agitation of the matter. --L'Estrange. The project now in agitation. --Swift. Syn: Emotion; commotion; excitement; trepidation; tremor; perturbation. See {Emotion}.

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