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- [1] : 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
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
stir \stir\, v. t. imp. p. p. stirred; p. pr. vb. n.
stirring. oe. stiren, steren, sturen, as. styrian;
probably akin to d. storen to disturb, g. st"oren, ohg.
st=oren to scatter, destroy. root166.
1. to change the place of in any manner; to move.
1913 webster
my foot i had never yet in five days been able to
stir. --sir w.
temple.
1913 webster
2. to disturb the relative position of the particles of, as
of a liquid, by passing something through it; to agitate;
as, to stir a pudding with a spoon.
1913 webster
my mind is troubled, like a fountain stirred.
--shak.
1913 webster
3. to bring into debate; to agitate; to moot.
1913 webster
stir not questions of jurisdiction. --bacon.
1913 webster
4. to incite to action; to arouse; to instigate; to prompt;
to excite. "to stir men to devotion." --chaucer.
1913 webster
an ate, stirring him to blood and strife. --shak.
1913 webster
and for her sake some mutiny will stir. --dryden.
1913 webster
note: in all senses except the first, stir is often followed
by up with an intensive effect; as, to stir up fire; to
stir up sedition.
1913 webster
syn: to move; incite; awaken; rouse; animate; stimulate;
excite; provoke.
1913 webster
see also:
stirred stirring
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
stir
n 1: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the
furious disturbance they had caused" syn: disturbance,
disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do,
hoo-ha, hoo-hah, kerfuffle
2: emotional agitation and excitement
3: a rapid bustling commotion syn: bustle, hustle, flurry,
ado, fuss
v 1: move an implement through with a circular motion; "stir the
soup"; "stir my drink"
2: move very slightly; "he shifted in his seat" syn: shift,
budge, agitate
3: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the
audience"; "stir emotions" syn: stimulate, excite
4: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "these stories
shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
syn: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite
5: affect emotionally; "a stirring movie"; "i was touched by
your kind letter of sympathy" syn: touch
6: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the
specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the
air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from
the mountain" syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke,
evoke, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward,
call forth
7: to begin moving, "as the thunder started the sleeping
children began to stir" syn: arouse
8: mix or add by stirring; "stir nuts into the dough"
also: stirring, stirred
see also:
disturbance disruption commotion flutter hurly burly to-do
hoo-ha hoo-hah kerfuffle bustle hustle
flurry ado fuss shift budge
agitate stimulate excite shake shake up
touch raise conjure conjure up invoke
evoke call down arouse bring up put forward
call forth stirring stirred
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
stirred
adj 1: emotionally affected; "very touched by the stranger's
kindness" syn: affectedp, stirredp, touchedp
2: emotionally aroused syn: stimulated, stirred up, aroused
3: set into a usually circular motion in order to mix or blend
see also:
affectedp stirredp touchedp stimulated stirred up aroused
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
stirred
see stir
see also:
stir
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