agitated

American  

[aj-i-tey-tid] / ˈædʒ ɪˌteɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. excited; disturbed.

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Usage

What does agitated mean? To feel agitated is to feel anxious, bothered, or worried.The verb agitate means to make someone feel this way.It can also mean to shake something up, stir it up, or cause it to move around roughly, as in The storm is agitating the water, stirring up huge waves. The adjective agitated can also be used to describe something that has been stirred up in this way.The noun agitation can refer to the feeling of being agitated, as in There is a lot of agitation among the employees who have not yet been paid. Example: The cable news channel blaring in the waiting room makes me really agitated—they really shouldn’t have that around people who are about to get their blood pressure taken.

Other Word Forms

• agitatedly adverb
• unagitated adjective
• unagitatedly adverb

Example Sentences

If I wanted to watch a pair of agitated fortysomethings engage in a comically meaningless tangle, I would hit the parking lot at a travel soccer tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal

“He was very hyped up and agitated,” said Chamberlain, a Newport Beach resident who spends half the year in the bustling coastal town in the Mexican state of Jalisco.

From Los Angeles Times

A major work stoppage that has agitated the nation’s largest not-for-profit medical provider for nearly a month is set to end following productive negotiations, labor leaders said Monday.

From Los Angeles Times

The firm has publicly agitated in recent months for Tripadvisor to explore a sale of TheFork, and to consider selling itself.

From The Wall Street Journal

When I tried to insist, she became agitated, and I worried that would make her more ill.

From Literature

Related Words

• aroused
• excited