agitation
/ædʒ.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ noun C1- 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.
- Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc. · the antislavery agitation· labor agitation
- Putting into motion by shaking or stirring, often to achieve mixing.
Plural agitations
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At the sight of this agitation Louis XVIII.
“‘At eight o’clock,’ she said, gulping in her throat to keep down her agitation.
Do not imagine that my agitation on behalf of my son arises from any fear lest he should have had a hand in this terrible affair.
Men who die from heart disease, or any sudden natural cause, never by any chance exhibit agitation upon their features.
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