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1. agitate
verb. ['ˈædʒəˌteɪt'] try to stir up public opinion.
Synonyms
- stimulate
- foment
- rumpus
- provoke
Antonyms
- enter
- hop out
- push
- raise
Etymology
- agitatus (Latin)
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Rhymes with Agitate
- acetate
- allstate
- amputate
- annotate
- cogitate
- corestate
- debilitate
- decapitate
- devastate
- dictate
- downstate
- facilitate
- felicitate
- gestate
- gravitate
- hesitate
- homestate
- imitate
- incapacitate
- irritate
How do you pronounce agitate?
Pronounce agitate as ˈæʤəˌteɪt.
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Sentences with agitate
1. Noun, singular or mass
Submerge the cut dill flowers in cold water and agitate gently to remove any dirt.
2. Verb, base form
When this happens, the washer may still agitate normally but remain still during the spin cycle.
Quotes about agitate
1. And when demigods use cell phones, the signals agitate every monster within a hundred miles. It's like sending up a flare: Here I am! Please rearrange my face!
- Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian
2. Death, my son, is a good thing for all men; it is the night for this worried day that we call life. It is in the sleep of death that finds rest for eternity the sickness, pain, desperation, and the fears that agitate, without end, we unhappy living souls.
- Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Paul et Virginie
2. agitate
verb. ['ˈædʒəˌteɪt'] cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.
Synonyms
- bother
- electrify
- rouse
- psych up
- charge up
- charge
- commove
- hype up
- turn on
- disturb
- upset
- trouble
- pother
Antonyms
- linger
- recede
- ride
- follow
Etymology
- agitatus (Latin)
3. agitate
verb. ['ˈædʒəˌteɪt'] 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.
Synonyms
- advertise
- crusade
- advertize
- promote
- campaign
- fight
- press
Antonyms
- unwind
- arrange
- disengage
- wind
Etymology
- agitatus (Latin)
4. agitate
verb. ['ˈædʒəˌteɪt'] move very slightly.
Synonyms
- stir
- budge
- move
Antonyms
- rise
- precede
- advance
- rush
Etymology
- agitatus (Latin)
5. agitate
verb. ['ˈædʒəˌteɪt'] change the arrangement or position of.
Synonyms
- stir up
- poke
- toss
- vex
- commove
- raise up
- shake up
- scramble
- roil
- disturb
- displace
- move
- rile
Antonyms
- cry
- depress
- strengthen
- descend
Etymology
- agitatus (Latin)
6. agitate
verb. ['ˈædʒəˌteɪt'] move or cause to move back and forth.
Synonyms
- convulse
- thrash about
- toss
- wiggle
- shake
- jiggle
- move
- joggle
- concuss
- thresh
- palpitate
- tremble
- thresh about
- shake up
- slash
- plump up
- succuss
- quake
- rattle
- jactitate
- fan
- thrash
- fluff up
- tremor
Antonyms
- fall
- ascend
- go
- stay in place
Etymology
- agitatus (Latin)