agitated

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/ˈæd͡ʒɪteɪtɪd/

adjective

Angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up.

Similar
amuckamokberserkarousedemotionalexciteddistraughtoverwrought
Opposite
unagitated
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Meanings

adjectiveagitated (comparative more agitated, superlative most agitated)

comparative more agitated · superlative most agitated

  1. Angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up.

    By quarter to six all this had me so awake and agitated that even the Balinese wind chimes that I hung up in the garden to relax me began to sound like Big Ben.

    2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 86
  2. chemistryOf a solution or substance, violently and chaotically moving around, such as due to being shaken.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of agitate

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivetroubled emotionally and usually deeply

Similar
amuckamokberserkarousedemotionalexciteddistraughtoverwroughtjoltedshaken
Opposite
unagitated

adjectivephysically disturbed or set in motion

Similar
churningroilingroiledchurned-upjoltedrippledruffled
Opposite
unagitated
Also see
aeratedamokangryannoyedarousedberserkbotheredchurningdistraughtemotionalexcitedfeverishfit to be tiedfranticfreneticfrenziedfumingfuribundgrimhectichystericaliratelividmadoverwroughtpatheticpissypsychedelicrattyroilingroilyroughruffledscrewfacedseethingshakenshittysorespleneticsteamedtiredturbulentturntwearywild-eyedworked upwreakful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch geagiteerd, geprikkeld
  • geagiteerdangry, annoyed, bothered or worked up
  • geprikkeldangry, annoyed, bothered or worked up
Esperanto agitita
  • agititaangry, annoyed, bothered or worked up
German exaltiert
  • exaltiertangry, annoyed, bothered or worked up
Hebrew מְזֻעֲזָע
  • מְזֻעֲזָע (m'zo'aza')angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up
Hungarian izgatott, zaklatott
  • izgatottangry, annoyed, bothered or worked up
  • zaklatottangry, annoyed, bothered or worked up
  • feldúltangry, annoyed, bothered or worked up
Māori komingo
  • komingoangry, annoyed, bothered or worked up
Spanish alborotado
  • alborotadoangry, annoyed, bothered or worked up
Cite this entry
APA

agitated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agitated

MLA

“agitated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agitated. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “agitated,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/agitated.

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