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Antonyms for agitate
ˈædʒ ɪˌteɪtag·i·tate
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agitateverb
Synonyms:
disturb, rouse, excite, canvass, distract, revolve, discuss, debate, shake, moveagitateverb
To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
``Winds . . . agitate the air. --Cowper.
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shake, discuss, canvass, revolve, excite, disturb, debate, move, distract, rouseagitateverb
To move or actuate. --Thomson.
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debate, distract, move, revolve, disturb, canvass, shake, discuss, rouse, exciteagitateverb
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson.
Synonyms:
distract, debate, shake, excite, disturb, rouse, revolve, canvass, discuss, moveagitateverb
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated. --Boyle.
Synonyms:
disturb, discuss, distract, rouse, revolve, shake, canvass, debate, move, exciteagitateverb
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
Synonyms:
excite, shake, disturb, discuss, distract, rouse, canvass, move, revolve, debate
English Synonyms and Antonyms
agitate
A thing is shaken which is subjected to short and abruptly checked movements, as forward and backward, up and down, from side to side, etc. A tree is "shaken with a mighty wind;" a man slowly shakes his head. A thing rocks that is sustained from below; it swings if suspended from above, as a pendulum, or pivoted at the side, as a crane or a bridge-draw; to oscillate is to swing with a smooth and regular returning motion; a vibrating motion may be tremulous or jarring. The pendulum of a clock may be said to swing, vibrate, or oscillate; a steel bridge vibrates under the passage of a heavy train; the term vibrate is also applied to molecular movements. Jolting is a lifting from and letting down suddenly upon an unyielding surface; as, a carriage jolts over a rough road. A jarring motion is abruptly and very rapidly repeated through an exceedingly limited space; the jolting of the carriage jars the windows. Rattling refers directly to the sound produced by shaking. To joggle is to shake slightly; as, a passing touch joggles the desk on which one is writing. A thing trembles that shakes perceptibly and with an appearance of uncertainty and instability, as a person under the influence of fear; a thing shivers when all its particles are stirred with a slight but pervading tremulous motion, as a human body under the influence of cold; shuddering is a more pronounced movement of a similar kind, in human beings often the effect of emotional or moral recoil; hence, the word is applied by extension to such feelings even when they have no such outward manifestation; as, one says, "I shudder at the thought." To quiver is to have slight and often spasmodic contractile motions, as the flesh under the surgeon's knife. Thrill is applied to a pervasive movement felt rather than seen; as, the nerves thrill with delight; quiver is similarly used, but suggests somewhat more of outward manifestation. To agitate in its literal use is nearly the same as to shake, tho we speak of the sea as agitated when we could not say it is shaken; the Latin agitate is preferred in scientific or technical use to the Saxon shake, and especially as applied to the action of mechanical contrivances; in the metaphorical use agitate is more transitory and superficial, shake more fundamental and enduring; a person's feelings are agitated by distressing news; his courage, his faith, his credit, or his testimony is shaken. Sway applies to the movement of a body suspended from above or not firmly sustained from below, and the motion of which is less pronounced than swinging, smoother than vibrating, and not necessarily constant as oscillating; as, the swaying of a reed in the wind. Sway used transitively especially applies to motions of grace or dignity; brandish denotes a threatening or hostile motion; a monarch sways the scepter; the ruffian brandishes a club. To reel or totter always implies liability to fall; reeling is more violent than swaying, tottering more irregular; a drunken man reels; we speak of the tottering step of age or infancy. An extended mass which seems to lack solidity or cohesion is said to quake; as, a quaking bog. Quaver is applied almost exclusively to tremulous sounds of the human voice. Flap, flutter, and fluctuate refer to wave-like movements, flap generally to such as produce a sharp sound; a cock flaps his wings; flutter applies to a less pronounced and more irregular motion; a captive bird or a feeble pulse flutters. Compare FLUCTUATE.
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brandish, flap, fluctuate, flutter, jar, joggle, jolt, jounce, oscillate, quake, quaver, quiver, reel, rock, shake, shiver, shudder, sway, swing, thrill, totter, tremble, vibrate, wave, waver
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Princeton's WordNet
agitate, foment, stir upverb
try to stir up public opinion
Antonyms:
quieten, tranquilize, lull, calm down, tranquillize, calm, quiet, tranquillise, stillSynonyms:
fight, wake, fire up, commove, turn on, shake up, ignite, shake, rouse, disturb, vex, stir, campaign, excite, stir up, inflame, charge, shift, instigate, foment, raise up, press, incite, charge up, crusade, set off, push, budge, heatagitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge upverb
cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
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quieten, quiet, lull, calm, calm down, tranquillise, still, tranquilize, tranquillizeSynonyms:
fight, trip out, crusade, excite, institutionalize, disturb, trip, level, shake up, shake, depend upon, get off, commove, commit, rout out, press, blame, appoint, wake up, stir, wake, load, shift, energise, point, stimulate, consign, hinge on, arouse, drive out, sex, buck, saddle, vex, accuse, institutionalise, tear, lodge, ride, depend on, bill, file, devolve on, budge, hinge upon, energize, bestir, waken, turn on, charge, bear down, wind up, shoot down, charge up, rouse, awaken, burden, shoot, force out, push, foment, campaign, send, stir up, raise up, switch oncrusade, fight, press, campaign, push, agitateverb
exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
"The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"
Antonyms:
quiet, calm down, lull, quieten, tranquillise, calm, tranquillize, still, tranquilizeSynonyms:
fight, tug, excite, iron out, press out, crowd, raise up, shake up, shake, commove, run, press, vex, advertize, adjure, stir, budge, shift, urge on, weight-lift, promote, foment, turn on, rouse, compress, urge, struggle, oppose, entreat, contend, beseech, contract, iron, crusade, defend, fight back, squeeze, charge, compact, bear on, drive, exhort, labor, force, stir up, bid, charge up, push, fight down, campaign, take the field, weigh, conjure, constrict, disturb, advertise, weightlift, labourstir, shift, budge, agitateverb
move very slightly
"He shifted in his seat"
Antonyms:
tranquillise, still, tranquillize, quieten, lull, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, calmSynonyms:
fight, touch, shake up, charge, excite, arouse, put forward, raise up, shake, transfer, commove, tilt, vex, stir, call down, conjure, stimulate, switch, rouse, budge, bring up, campaign, conjure up, reposition, invoke, raise, turn on, pitch, lurch, call forth, change over, careen, shift, wobble, dislodge, evoke, charge up, push, foment, crusade, change, press, stir up, disturbshake, agitateverb
move or cause to move back and forth
"The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"
Antonyms:
calm down, lull, tranquillize, calm, quieten, still, quiet, tranquilize, tranquilliseSynonyms:
foment, commove, turn on, shake up, escape from, judder, rouse, disturb, sway, charge up, stir, campaign, shift, crusade, rock, shake, stir up, charge, raise up, throw off, didder, shake off, budge, press, vex, stimulate, excite, push, fightagitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise upverb
change the arrangement or position of
Antonyms:
lull, still, tranquilize, quiet, calm, tranquillize, calm down, tranquillise, quietenSynonyms:
fight, touch, crusade, succuss, excite, stick, perplex, disturb, get, nark, irritate, shake up, shake, mystify, flummox, commove, inflame, bother, press, rile, gravel, stir, nonplus, wake, shift, instigate, stimulate, reorganise, get to, dumbfound, rouse, fire up, reorganize, interrupt, vex, heat, nettle, baffle, chafe, get at, trouble, beat, fluff up, ignite, budge, amaze, turn on, charge, annoy, bump around, upset, charge up, incite, jar, puzzle, bewilder, rag, push, foment, campaign, stupefy, worry, stir up, raise up, plump up, pose, devil, set off
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alleviate
Submitted by LEISA.SABASTA on December 1, 2020
How to use agitate in a sentence?
The question of suffrage is one which is likely to agitate the public so long as a portion of the citizens of the nation are excluded from its privileges in any State.
I have news for The Palestinians : you can not agitate and provoke your way to a state.
Don't agitate them. Don't let them agitate you, I don't want nobody to get hurt.
( The activists) can't be seen as taking credit for the right to drive. Firstly, it would be taking credit away from the Crown Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.At and also would give the impression that activism pays off, the Crown Prince doesn't want to give that impression, that people can agitate for change and get results.
The maths would suggest that were the oil price at or above $80 then Shell would be snaring BG for a very attractive price, while the total determination is of course dependent on the level of Shell shares at the time of issuance to BG shareholders, above $80 its not inconceivable that BG shareholders could start to agitate for a higher bid or indeed a competing bid.
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