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单词 agitated
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Definition of agitated in English:

agitated

adjective ˈadʒɪteɪtɪdˈædʒɪˌteɪdəd
  • Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous.

    there's no point getting agitated
    she was red and agitated with the effort of arguing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In many other healing temples for agitated people physical restraints are used, but they are not used here.
    • Poor Charlotte: it's a difficult time for her, anxious and agitated, only five weeks to Christmas and her fudge won't set, and then there's the turkeys to think of.
    • They didn't even become in the slightest agitated when O'Neill's men disappeared down the tunnel for the interval without having breached the St Mirren goal.
    • Seven minutes later the waiting room is filled with shouting as more officers arrive with an agitated young man whose once-smart white shirt and khaki pants are soaked in blood.
    • Later that night, when taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary for treatment to a hand, she was not psychiatrically assessed despite her agitated condition and was allowed home.
    Synonyms
    upset, perturbed, flustered, ruffled, disconcerted, unnerved, disquieted, disturbed, distressed, unsettled, bothered, concerned, troubled, anxious, alarmed, worked up, worried, harassed
    nervous, jittery, jumpy, on edge, tense, overwrought, frantic, keyed up, in a panic
    inflamed, stirred up
    informal rattled, fazed, discombobulated, in a dither, in a flap, in a state, in a lather, in a tizz/tizzy, all of a dither, beside oneself, hot and bothered, hot under the collar
    British informal having kittens, in a (flat) spin, stressy

Derivatives

  • agitatedly

  • adverb ˈadʒɪteɪtɪdliˈædʒəˌteɪdɪdli
    • ‘Fine,’ I sighed, defeated, and looked at him agitatedly.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My friend talked agitatedly about the new and more effective types of vaccine.
      • Lisa's friend arrives, Stefan plays more agitatedly.
      • ‘Yeah, you're right,’ Michael agreed, frowning agitatedly.
      • My thoughts turned immediately to that young boy, all those years ago, agitatedly working out his fantasies.
 
 

Definition of agitated in US English:

agitated

adjectiveˈajiˌtādədˈædʒɪˌteɪdəd
  • Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous.

    there's no point getting agitated
    she was red and agitated with the effort of arguing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Later that night, when taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary for treatment to a hand, she was not psychiatrically assessed despite her agitated condition and was allowed home.
    • They didn't even become in the slightest agitated when O'Neill's men disappeared down the tunnel for the interval without having breached the St Mirren goal.
    • In many other healing temples for agitated people physical restraints are used, but they are not used here.
    • Poor Charlotte: it's a difficult time for her, anxious and agitated, only five weeks to Christmas and her fudge won't set, and then there's the turkeys to think of.
    • Seven minutes later the waiting room is filled with shouting as more officers arrive with an agitated young man whose once-smart white shirt and khaki pants are soaked in blood.
    Synonyms
    upset, perturbed, flustered, ruffled, disconcerted, unnerved, disquieted, disturbed, distressed, unsettled, bothered, concerned, troubled, anxious, alarmed, worked up, worried, harassed
 
 
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