[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

agitate \ag"itate\, v. t. imp.  p. p. agitated; p. pr. 
   vb. n. agitating. l. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in
   motion, fr. agere to move: cf. f. agiter. see act,
   agent.
   1. to move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind
      agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "winds . .
      . agitate the air." --cowper.
      1913 webster

   2. to move or actuate. r. --thomson.
      1913 webster

   3. to stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was
      greatly agitated.
      1913 webster

            the mind of man is agitated by various passions.
                                                  --johnson.
      1913 webster

   4. to discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a
      controversy hotly agitated. --boyle.
      1913 webster

   5. to revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to
      contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians
      agitate desperate designs.
      1913 webster

   syn: to move; shake; excite; rouse; disturb; distract;
        revolve; discuss; debate; canvass.
        1913 webster
see also:
agitated agitating act agent 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

agitated \agitated\ adj.
   1. troubled emotionally and usually deeply. opposite of
      unagitated. agitated parents

   note: narrower terms are: {demoniac, demoniacal ; distraught,
         overwrought; disturbed, jolted, shaken; feverish,
         hectic; frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied;
         {psychedelic ; {rampageous, raging, frenzied ;
         {wild-eyed . also see: discomposed, excited, impatient,
         tense, unquiet, unsteady.
         wordnet 1.5

   2. 1 throwing oneself from side to side.

   syn: tossing
        wordnet 1.5

   3. physically disturbed or set in motion; as, the agitated
      mixture foamed and bubbled. opposite of unagitated and
      left alone, allowed to stand.

   note: narrower terms are: {churning, churned-up, roiling,
         roiled, roily, turbulent ; stirred.
         wordnet 1.5 +pjc
see also:
unagitated disturbed, jolted, shaken feverish, hectic frantic, frenetic, phrenetic, frenzied left alone allowed to stand 
stirred 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

agitated
     adj 1: troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"
            ant: unagitated
     2: physically disturbed or set in motion; "the agitated mixture
        foamed and bubbled" ant: unagitated
     3: thrown from side to side; "a tossing ship" syn: tossing
see also:
unagitated tossing 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

93 moby thesaurus words for "agitated":
   abashed, afflicted, all shook up, all-overish, anxious,
   anxioused up, apprehensive, aroused, beset, bothered, bustling,
   cast down, chagrined, chapfallen, concerned, confused, discomfited,
   discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, disquieted, distressed,
   disturbed, embarrassed, excited, fearful, feverish, fidgeting,
   fidgety, flurried, flustered, fluttering, fluttery, foreboding,
   fretful, fussing, fussy, hung up, ill at ease, in a pucker,
   in a quiver, in a stew, jittery, jumpy, misgiving, mortified,
   moved, nervous, nervy, on tenterhooks, out of countenance,
   overanxious, overapprehensive, perturbed, put-out, put-upon,
   quivering, quivery, rattled, restless, roused, ruffled, shaken,
   shaken up, shaking, shaky, shivering, shivery, shook up, skittery,
   solicitous, stirred up, strained, suspenseful, tense, trembling,
   trembly, tremulant, tremulous, troubled, troublous, turbulent,
   twitchy, twittery, uncomfortable, uneasy, unnerved, unpeaceful,
   unquiet, unsettled, upset, wrought up, zealous

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