agitate
agitate is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
- transitive verb. To move or actuate.
- transitive verb. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
- transitive verb. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
- transitive verb. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
- verb. change the arrangement or position of
- verb. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
- verb. move or cause to move back and forth
"The chemist shook the flask vigorously"
"My hands were shaking"
- verb. move very slightly
"He shifted in his seat"
- verb. try to stir up public opinion
- verb. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
"The liberal party pushed for reforms"
"She is crusading for women's rights"
Synonyms
commove, disturb, vex, charge, excite, rouse, shake, budge, shift, stir, foment, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push
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