| VERB | social | agitate, foment, stir up | try to stir up public opinion |
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| emotion | agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | |
| social | agitate, crusade, fight, press, campaign, push | exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person | |
| motion | agitate, stir, shift, budge | move very slightly | |
| motion | agitate, shake | move or cause to move back and forth | |
| contact | agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up | change the arrangement or position of |
| Sounds | ae'jhahtey.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | try to stir up public opinion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | foment, stir up | |
| Narrower | rumpus | Cause a disturbance |
| Broader | provoke, stimulate | Provide the needed stimulus for |
| Spanish | agitar, combatir, fomentar, provocar | |
| Catalan | agitar, fomentar, revoltar | |
| Nouns | agitator | one who agitates |
| Meaning | Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will agitate him; The good news will agitate her | |
| Synonyms | rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | |
| Narrower | bother | make nervous or agitated |
| electrify | excite suddenly and intensely | |
| hype up, psych up | Get excited or stimulated | |
| pother | make upset or troubled | |
| Broader | disturb, upset, trouble | Move deeply |
| Opposite | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
| Spanish | agitar, emocionar, excitar, revolver | |
| Catalan | emocionar, excitar, regirar | |
| Adjectives | agitative | causing or tending to cause anger / anger or resentment |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | crusade, fight, press, campaign, push | |
| Broader | advertise, advertize, promote, push | make publicity for |
| Similar to | advertise, advertize, promote, push | make publicity for |
| Spanish | agitar, cruzar, hacer campaña, pulsar | |
| Meaning | Move very slightly. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Model | The crowds agitate in the streets | |
| Synonyms | stir, shift, budge | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | agitarse, agitar, moverse | |
| Catalan | girar, moure's | |
| Meaning | Move or cause to move back and forth. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | shake | |
| Narrower | concuss | shake violently |
| convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate | Move or stir about violently | |
| convulse | shake uncontrollably | |
| fan | agitate the air | |
| fluff up, plump up, shake up | make fuller by shaking | |
| jiggle, joggle, wiggle | Move to and fro | |
| palpitate | Cause to throb / throb or beat rapidly | |
| rattle | shake and cause to make a rattling noise | |
| sparge | agitate by introducing air or compressed gas | |
| succuss, shake up | shake | |
| tremble | Move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways | |
| tremor, quake | shake with seismic vibrations | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | agitar, batir, sacudirse, sacudir, temblar | |
| Catalan | agitar, remenar, sacsejar, tremolar | |
| Meaning | change the arrangement or position of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up | |
| Narrower | beat, scramble | Stir vigorously |
| poke | Stir by poking | |
| roil, rile | make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | |
| toss | agitate | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | agitar, excitar, molestar, remover | |
| Catalan | agitar, excitar, molestar, remoure | |
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