| agitate | | |
| v. (social) | 1. agitate, foment, stir up | try to stir up public opinion. |
| ~ provoke, stimulate | provide the needed stimulus for. |
| ~ rumpus | cause a disturbance. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
| ~ hype up, psych up | get excited or stimulated.; "The children were all psyched up after the movie" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| ~ pother | make upset or troubled. |
| ~ electrify | excite suddenly and intensely.; "The news electrified us" |
| v. (social) | 3. agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" |
| ~ advertize, advertise, promote, push | make publicity for; try to sell (a product).; "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" |
| ~ advertize, advertise, promote, push | make publicity for; try to sell (a product).; "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" |
| v. (motion) | 4. agitate, budge, shift, stir | move very slightly.; "He shifted in his seat" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 5. agitate, shake | move or cause to move back and forth.; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" |
| ~ fluff up, plump up, shake up | make fuller by shaking.; "fluff up the pillows" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ fan | agitate the air. |
| ~ tremble | move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways.; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document" |
| ~ tremor, quake | shake with seismic vibrations.; "The earth was quaking" |
| ~ palpitate | cause to throb or beat rapidly.; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart" |
| ~ convulse | shake uncontrollably.; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside" |
| ~ sparge | agitate by introducing air or compressed gas.; "sparge the water" |
| ~ succuss, shake up | shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body). |
| ~ concuss | shake violently. |
| ~ rattle | shake and cause to make a rattling noise. |
| ~ jactitate, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, thrash, convulse, toss, slash | move or stir about violently.; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" |
| ~ jiggle, joggle, wiggle | move to and fro.; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!" |
| v. (contact) | 6. agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex | change the arrangement or position of. |
| ~ scramble, beat | stir vigorously.; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" |
| ~ toss | agitate.; "toss the salad" |
| ~ rile, roil | make turbid by stirring up the sediments of. |
| ~ poke | stir by poking.; "poke the embers in the fireplace" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
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