agitated

agitate | American Dictionary

agitate
verb
us/ˈædʒ·ɪˌteɪt/

agitateverb (ARGUE)

[ I ]
to argue energetically, esp. in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change:
Telephone companies began to agitate for permission to compete in long distance services.

agitateverb (MAKE NERVOUS)

[ T ]
to make someone become nervous because of worry or fear that is difficult to control:
Any mention of his son agitated him.

agitation

noun[ U ]us/ˌædʒ·ɪˈteɪ·ʃən/
He arrived home in a state of agitation.

agitator

noun[ C ]us/ˈædʒ·ɪˌteɪ·t̬ər/
They blamed the protest on political agitators.

Examples of agitate

agitate
Additionally, a range of uncomfortable tactical approaches agitated communication.
The past seemed to offer inspiration and guidance for a new generation of soldiers and sailors, and useful propaganda for those who agitated for war.
The flask was agitated at least once a day for aeration.
One-half was placed in oxygenated ice-cold superfusate and gently agitated in the dark.
Instead of reacting with sedation, as was the case in psychiatric and healthy controls, they became rather agitated.
Week 6 infants, who are at the apex of the crying function, preferred only adults with whom they had interacted when agitated.
She appeared tearful, anxious, and agitated when she was advised of her baby's serious medical problems.
There was no "therapy" except for being tied to the bed during agitated periods and rare visits by attending physicians.
In order to minimize the risk of excessive head movement during scanning, patients who were agitated or distractible were excluded.
Thus, they also caused the war, for which they had agitated, to be fought inefficiently and lost.
How does she manage her excited heart and agitated senses?
The expression in these choruses is exactly right: agitated and tumultuous in one, noble and understated in the other.
Many of these governments consequently agitated for separate state police units, while promoting the establishment of locally controlled quasi-police or vigilante institutions.
Then, the tubes containing the seeds were slowly agitated in a chamber at the desired temperature in the dark.
Contents were combined, agitated and placed in sterile spray bottles for application to seedlings.
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