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Definition of Agitate
1. Verb. Try to stir up public opinion.
Generic synonyms: Provoke, Stimulate
Specialized synonyms: Rumpus
Derivative terms: Agitator, Fomentation, Fomenter
2. Verb. Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. "The good news will agitate her"; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
Specialized synonyms: Hype Up, Psych Up, Bother, Pother, Electrify
Generic synonyms: Disturb, Trouble, Upset
Derivative terms: Agitative, Charge, Excitant, Excitement, Rousing, Turn-on
Antonyms: Calm
3. Verb. 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 Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
Generic synonyms: Advertise, Advertize, Promote, Push
Related verbs: Advertise, Advertize, Promote, Push
Derivative terms: Campaign, Crusade, Crusader, Fighter, Push
4. Verb. Move very slightly. "The streets agitate with crowds"; "He shifted in his seat"
5. Verb. Move or cause to move back and forth. "My hands were shaking"
Specialized synonyms: Fluff Up, Plump Up, Shake Up, Fan, Tremble, Quake, Tremor, Palpitate, Convulse, Sparge, Shake Up, Succuss, Concuss, Rattle, Convulse, Jactitate, Slash, Thrash, Thrash About, Thresh, Thresh About, Toss, Jiggle, Joggle, Wiggle
Generic synonyms: Move
Derivative terms: Shake, Shaker, Shaking
6. Verb. Change the arrangement or position of.
Specialized synonyms: Beat, Scramble, Toss, Rile, Roil, Poke
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Definition of Agitate
1. v. t. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
Definition of Agitate
1. Verb. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. ¹
2. Verb. (rare) To move or actuate. --Thomson. ¹
3. Verb. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. ¹
4. Verb. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle. ¹
5. Verb. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Agitate
1. to move with a violent, irregular action [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES] : AGITABLE [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agitate
Literary usage of Agitate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Great Conspiracy by John Alexander Logan (1886)
"... to agitate the North. Hence, day after day, Democrat after Democrat, in the
one House or the other, continued to air his disloyal opinions, ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... real carnivorous Englishmen ; together with many other productions that agitate
Sir Joseph and fill him with mingled emotions of distress and delight. ..."
3. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly, Council of Safety (Conn.). (1874)
"The above report is accepted and approved by this Assembly, and Roger Wolcott,
Esqr, is nominated and appointed to agitate the affairs mentioned in the ..."
4. The Journal of the Rev. Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal by Francis Asbury (1821)
"The unparalleled wickedness of the people of this place, and the spirit of
contention among the professors of religion, most severely agitate my mind. ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1885)
"... government of the Church, it was the «rise of the Assembly that it was unwise
to agitate the subject of change so soon after this hid been done. ..."
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