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agitationa‧gi‧ta‧tion /ˌædʒɪˈteɪʃən/ noun  - Perry's agitation was so great he could hardly speak.
- As the young man listened tears gathered in his eyes and he held his cloak before his face to hide his agitation.
- Haloperidol, phenothiazines, and reserpine have been used with some success to diminish the choreiform activity and agitation.
- He arrived to find Evelyn in a state of considerable agitation.
- Manic-depression also includes feelings of euphoria and/or agitation.
- The journalist did not notice their agitation.
- The test solutions were prepared in emulsion form by vigorous agitation of the components before administration.
- They are scrapes and sores, mockers of failure, players in a relentless team of agitation.
► Groupingsagitate, verbagitation, nounagitator, nounbipartisan, adjectivebipartite, adjectivebloc, nounBolshevik, nouncapitalism, nouncentrist, adjectivecoalition, nouncommie, nouncommunism, nouncommunist, nouncommunist, adjectiveCon, confederacy, nounconfederate, nounconfederation, nouncongress, nounconservatism, nounDem., disloyal, adjectivedissident, noundivide, verbdivisive, adjectivefascism, nounfascist, nounfederal, adjectivefederate, verbfederation, nounfront, nounginger group, nounhegemony, nounheterodox, adjectiveIndependent, nouninfighting, nouninterest group, nounIRA, nounIron Curtain, the, Lab, Labour, nounleftie, nounleftist, adjectiveleft-of-centre, adjectiveleft-wing, adjectivelefty, nounLib Dem, nounLiberal, nounLiberal Democrats, nounLiberal Party, loyalist, nounLuddite, nounmachine, nounmajority leader, nounminority leader, nounmoderate, adjectivemoderate, nounmonarchist, nounmovement, nounnationalism, nounnationalist, adjectivenationalist, nounNazi, nounneutral, adjectivenon-partisan, adjectivepalace revolution, nounparamilitary, adjectivepartisan, adjectivepartisan, nounparty, nounparty political, adjectiveparty politics, nounpinko, nounpro-, prefixpro-choice, adjectiveR, rabble-rousing, nounradical, nounrally, nounreactionary, adjectiverealign, verbrebel, nounrebellion, nounrebellious, adjectivered, adjectivered, nounrepublican, nounrevolt, nounrevolt, verbrevolutionary, adjectiverevolutionary, nounrightist, adjectiveright-of-centre, adjectiveright-wing, adjectiveroyalist, nounseparatist, nounspecial interest group, nounsplinter group, nounsplit, verbsubcommittee, nounsubversion, nounsuffragette, nounsympathizer, nounsympathy, nountendency, nounTory, nounTrotskyite, nountrue-blue, adjectiveUnionist, nounuprising, nounWhig, nounwing, noun ADJECTIVE► great· The sheriff has said he was in great agitation.· Arriving there, Joe found Soong in a state of great agitation and impatience.· Two issues produced a great deal of agitation in the country.· The capital was the scene of great agitation over the nearness of the enemy.· Of course, there was great agitation in the spirit world as the Last Days drew nearer.· They may wake from sleep with great fear, agitation and anxiety and a sense of suffocation like in Lachesis. 1[uncountable] when you are so anxious, nervous, or upset that you cannot think calmly: She was in a state of considerable agitation.2[countable, uncountable] public argument or action for social or political changeagitation for/against mass agitation for political reform3[uncountable] technical the act of shaking or mixing a liquid |