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English verb: agitate | |||
| 1. | agitate (social) try to stir up public opinion | ||
| Synonyms | foment, stir up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | provoke, stimulate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | rumpus | ||
| 2. | agitate (emotion) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | ||
| Samples | The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks. | ||
| Examples | The bad news will agitate him, The good news will agitate her | ||
| Synonyms | charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disturb, trouble, upset | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bother, electrify, hype up, pother, psych up | ||
| Antonyms | calm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, quieten, lull | ||
| 3. | agitate (social) 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 | ||
| Samples | The liberal party pushed for reforms. She is crusading for women's rights. The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate. | ||
| Synonyms | campaign, crusade, fight, press, push | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | advertise, advertize, promote, push | ||
| Verb group | advertise, advertize, promote, push | ||
| 4. | agitate (motion) move very slightly | ||
| Samples | He shifted in his seat. | ||
| Examples | The crowds agitate in the streets | ||
| Synonyms | budge, shift, stir | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| 5. | agitate (motion) move or cause to move back and forth | ||
| Samples | The chemist shook the flask vigorously. My hands were shaking. | ||
| Synonyms | shake | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | concuss, convulse, convulse, fan, fluff up, jactitate, jiggle, joggle, palpitate, plump up, quake, rattle, shake up, shake up, slash, sparge, succuss, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss, tremble, tremor, wiggle | ||
| 6. | agitate (contact) change the arrangement or position of | ||
| Synonyms | commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beat, poke, rile, roil, scramble, toss | ||
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