agitated

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæd͡ʒɪteɪtɪd/

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• Hyphenation: agi‧tat‧ed

Verb

agitated

1. simple past and past participle of agitate

Adjective

agitated (comparative more agitated, superlative most agitated)

1. Angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up.
   • 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 86:

     By quarter to six all this had me so awake and agitated that even the Balinese wind chimes that I hung up in the garden to relax me began to sound like Big Ben.

2. (of a solution or substance) Violently and chaotically moving around, such as because of being shaken.

Derived terms

• agitated delirium
• agitatedly
• agitatedness
• unagitated

 

Translations

angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up

• Dutch: geagiteerd (nl), geprikkeld (nl)
• German: exaltiert (de)
• Hebrew: מְזֻעֲזָע (he) m (m'zo'aza')
• Hungarian: izgatott (hu), zaklatott (hu), feldúlt (hu)