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

Others have built better systems internally to share tips across departments, whether about a disgruntled employee or a particularly agitated consumer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Merseyside Police added the suspect was believed to have attended the hospital to request an appointment but became "increasingly agitated" when this was declined and he was asked to leave.

From BBC

Littler, who was a beaten finalist on debut two years ago, was agitated throughout the game and visibly raised his level to devastating effect in set three after Cross levelled at 1-1.

From BBC

Having long agitated for his Dutch-speaking home region to break free from the rest of Belgium -- his fierce stance protecting what he insists is the national interest has won him plaudits across the political spectrum.

From Barron's

“But it is the natural conclusion to this toxic social media world in which we swim in a constant state of agitated attention.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• aroused
• excited