agitation
/ædʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
agitation noun: the act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
Noun
agitation (countable and uncountable, plural agitations)
- The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
- During a storm the sea is in agitation.
- A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind; an emotion combining irritation, restlessness and aggravation; a feeling of being riled up or bothered to the point of experiencing distress and tension.
- She causes great agitation within me.
- Synonyms:
- perturbation, lather
- Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
- the antislavery agitation
- labor agitation
- Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
- […] a logical agitation of the matter […]1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC
- […] the project now in agitation […]1732, Jonathan Swift, The Advantages Proposed by Repealing the Sacramental Test
- Putting into motion by shaking or stirring, often to achieve mixing.
agitation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
agitation in Hindi
- act of agitating
- आकुलता ākultā, व्यग्रता vyagratā
agitation in Tamil
- கலகம், கலக்கம், கிளர்ச்சி, போராட்டம், கிளறுதல்
agitation in Urdu
- اشتعال, کھلبلی, مظاہرہ, پیچ و تاب
agitation in Bengali
- agitation, movement
- আন্দোলন andōlon
More languagesFewer languages
- agitation in Telugu
- తహతహ tahataha, విక్షోభము vikṣōbhamu, తత్తరపాటు tattarapāṭu, చాంచల్యము cāñcalyamu
- agitation in Malayalam
- ക്ഷോഭം kṣōbhaṁ, പ്രക്ഷോഭം prakṣōbhaṁ
- agitation in Kannada
- ತೂಳು, ಕಳವಳ, ತಲ್ಲಣ, ತೂಣ
- agitation in Odia
- ଆଲୋଚନ ālocana
- agitation in Sanskrit
- त्विष् tviṣ
- agitation in Indonesian
- agitasi
- agitation in Thai
- การปลุกปั่น
Examples of agitation in a sentence
- The government has blamed the recent unrest on foreign agitation, but they'll soon realize that the call is coming from inside the house.
- From April onwards, however, the antireservation agitation and communal riots took place simultaneously.
- It quickly cycloned into a sort of frantic agitation with all-nighters, near misses, and frenzied nerves.
Synonyms of agitation
Forms of agitation
| plural | agitations |
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Origin of agitation
From French agitation, from Latin agitātiō (“movement, agitation”).
Words formed from agitation
Words that rhyme with agitation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about agitation
- What does agitation mean?
- Agitation means the act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
- What is agitation in Hindi?
- Agitation in Hindi is आकुलता (ākultā), व्यग्रता (vyagratā). See Agitation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is agitation?
- Agitation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce agitation?
- Agitation is pronounced /ædʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of agitation?
- The plural of agitation is agitations.
Words near agitation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: agitation (page history and authors); agitation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); agitation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); আন্দোলন (Bengali) (page history and authors); కలత (Telugu) (page history and authors); agitation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଆଲୋଚନ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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