agitation
(noun)
noun
1. a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
Definition categories: state
2. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
Similar word(s): ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest
Definition categories: state, turbulence, upheaval
3. the feeling of being agitated; not calm
Definition categories: feeling
4. disturbance usually in protest
Similar word(s): excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval
Definition categories: act, disturbance
5. the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)
Definition categories: act, motility, motion, move, movement
Sentences with agitation as a noun:
- After a storm the sea is in agitation.
- She causes great agitation within me.
- the antislavery agitation
- labor agitation
- After this conflict pro-independence agitation temporarily died down.