agitated
Americanadjective
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
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Most of the time her conversations don’t interest me, but when I heard her talking in a more agitated tone with no speaker, I had to know what was going on.
From Literature
The national fire service has posted images on X of workers at the site as an agitated crowd mill around the scene.
From BBC
She was wafting her ears, and swaying from side to side, a sure sign she was agitated.
From Literature
Torak wondered why he was so agitated, when the kill wasn’t fresh.
From Literature
Two men who appeared agitated by the anti-Islam protesters have been arrested in connection with the devices.
From BBC
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