agitated
Other forms: agitatedly
Someone who is agitated is visibly upset. If you have ever walked into a room and instantly been asked, "What's wrong?" you probably looked agitated.
The verb agitate means "to shake up." So someone who is agitated has been shaken up by something — disturbing news, a careless driver who nearly caused a huge accident, or just a very long, very bad day. Agitated can also describe being activated, or fired up about something. For example, a political cause might be losing steam until an event like a rally gets everyone agitated all over again.
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physically disturbed or set in motion“the agitated mixture foamed and bubbled”
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Synonyms:
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churning, roiled, roiling, roily, turbulent
(of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
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churned-up, churning
moving with or producing or produced by vigorous agitation
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jolted
bumped or shaken jerkily
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rippled, ruffled
shaken into waves or undulations as by wind
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seething
in constant agitation
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stirred
set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend
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Antonyms:
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unagitated
not physically disturbed or set in motion
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nonturbulent
(of a liquid) not turbulent
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unstirred
not agitated by stirring
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churning, roiled, roiling, roily, turbulent
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troubled emotionally and usually deeply“agitated parents”
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aroused, emotional, excited, worked up
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
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distraught, overwrought
deeply agitated especially from emotion
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jolted, shaken
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
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feverish, hectic
marked by intense agitation or emotion
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frantic, frenetic, frenzied, phrenetic
excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion
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hysterical
marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion
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psychedelic
(of a mental state) characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair
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wild-eyed
appearing extremely agitated
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discomposed
having your composure disturbed
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excited
in an aroused state
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impatient
restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition
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unquiet
characterized by unrest or disorder
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unsteady
subject to change or variation
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tense
in or of a state of physical or nervous tension
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Antonyms:
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unagitated
not agitated or disturbed emotionally
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composed
serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress
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unexcited
not excited
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quiet
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
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steady
not subject to change or variation especially in behavior
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relaxed
without strain or anxiety
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cool
psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
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aroused, emotional, excited, worked up
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