verb
- to make someone feel upset, anxious, or disturbed
- to shake or stir something vigorously
- to campaign publicly for political or social change
Examples
- The bad news agitated her greatly.
- Don’t agitate the patient before surgery.
- Agitate the mixture until it becomes smooth.
- The washing machine agitates the clothes to clean them.
- Workers began to agitate for better wages.
- The group agitated against the new law.
- His constant questions agitated the teacher.