Agitate

Pronunciation: /ˈædʒəˌteɪt/

Agitate (verb)

  1. To make someone feel worried or angry about something.
  2. To encourage people to take action or express their feelings strongly.
  3. To shake or stir something, often to mix it well.

Examples

  • The news can agitate people easily.
  • The speech may agitate strong emotions in the audience.

Common collocations: agitate someone, agitate emotions, agitate feelings, agitate passions, agitate water

Synonyms of Agitate

Formal

Neutral

Antonyms of Agitate

  • — To calm is to bring peace, opposite of agitate.
  • — To settle means to make stable, opposite of agitate.