agitate

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
2. (transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
3. To participate in political agitation (sense 3).
4. (obsolete, transitive) To set in motion; to actuate.
5. (archaic, transitive) To discuss or debate.
6. (archaic, transitive) To mull over, or think deeply about; to consider, to devise.

Sinonieme

stir up

stir

disturb

excite

shake

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incite

upset

arouse

annoy

trouble

rouse

confuse

move

worry

stimulate

ruffle

shake up

mix

bother

alarm

provoke

irritate

campaign

instigate

vex

wave

👋

commove

foment

perturb

fluster

wag

get rid of

swing

turn on

shake off

churn

abet

work up

mix up

budge

confound

sway

harass

discompose

discuss

disarrange

roil

shift

affect

abash

Vertalings

agitar

agitare

agiter

agitar

opwinden

opruien

agitar

schudden

opstoken

agitieren

agiteren

ophitsen

sacudir

troubler

exciter

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈæ.d͡ʒɪ.teɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: -

Verwante met Frans: agiter

In summary

From Middle English agitat(e) (“set in motion”), borrowed from Latin agitātus, perfect passive participle of agitō (“to put in motion”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), frequentative of agō (“to drive, move, push”), see -tō. Cognate with French agiter. See also act and agent.