agitate

v. ஆட்டு, அசை, அமைதிகலை, கலக்கு, உணர்ச்சிகிளறு, இயக்கம் உண்டுபண்ணு, கிளர்ச்சிசெய், சூழ், சூழ்ந்து ஆய்வுசெய், விவாதி.

Synonyms

disturb trouble excite ruffle stir fluster oscillate instigate convulse shake

Antonyms

calm compose allay pacify smooth [[it_is_sometimes_used_of_argumentative_consideration] as [to_agitate_a_question]syn

Ag"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Agitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Agitating.] Etym: [L. agitatus, p. p. of agitare to put in motion, fr. agere to move: cf. F. agiter. See Act, Agent.] 1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. [R.] Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated. The mind of man is agitated by various passions. Johnson. 4. To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. Boyle. 5. To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs. Syn. -- To move; shake; excite; rouse; disturb; distract; revolve; discuss; debate; canvass.

agitate - Similar Words

sagittate flagitate exagitate agitative agitato agate sagittated magistrate agitatedly vaginate