agitate

5 definitions • 6 examples

to make someone feel worried or angry:

I didn't want to agitate her by telling her.

to argue forcefully, especially in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change:

The unions continue to agitate for higher pay.

As a young man, he had agitated against the Vietnam war.

to shake a liquid:

Pour the powder into the solution and agitate it until the powder has dissolved.

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.

to make someone become nervous because of worry or fear that is difficult to control:

Any mention of his son agitated him.