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AGITATE definition: 1. to make someone feel worried or angry: 2. to argue forcefully, especially in public, in order…. Learn more.
1. ( tr) to excite, disturb, or trouble (a person, the mind, or feelings); worry. 2. ( tr) to cause to move vigorously; shake, stir, or disturb. 3. ( intr; often foll by for or against) to attempt to stir up public opinion for or against something. 4.
If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it. The women who worked in these mills had begun to agitate for better conditions. [ VERB + for ]
Agitate means to stir up. If you watch a horror movie at bedtime, you may be too agitated to sleep. Movies like that can agitate all sorts of adrenaline responses in the body.
The meaning of AGITATE is to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb. How to use agitate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Agitate.
[intransitive, transitive] to argue strongly for something you want, especially for changes in a law, in social conditions, etc. synonym campaign. agitate (for/against something) political groups agitating for social change. Some militant groups have been agitating for autonomy for the region.
Definition of agitate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
