agitate :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

fire, arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

quiver, quake

v. shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated"

shove, jostle

v. come into rough contact with while moving; "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

bounce, eject from the premises

v. eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"

bump, dance erotically

v. dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind"

bump, displace, dislodge

v. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

jar, shake up, shock physically, bump around

v. shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"

lose, misplace, mislay

v. place (something) where one cannot find it again; "I misplaced my eyeglasses"

disturb, stir up, shake up, agitate, commove, raise up

v. change the arrangement or position of

strike, impress, move, affect, make an impression on

v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

bother, annoy

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

anger, see red, get angry

v. become angry; "He angers easily"

rag, bother, devil, nark, nettle, gravel, irritate, mortify, get to, get at, rile, annoy, vex

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

push, force

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

interchange, change, exchange

v. give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

assent, accede, acquiesce, comply

v. to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro assented to the request for an encore"

whip

v. thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash; "The tall grass whipped in the wind"

deviate, divert

v. turn aside; turn away from

turn away, avert

v. turn away or aside; "They averted their eyes when the King entered"

bend, deflect, turn away

v. turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

waver, fluctuate, vacillate

v. sway to and fro

oscillate, vibrate

v. move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

stray, sidetrack, digress, depart, straggle

v. wander from a direct or straight course

grant, yield, concede, cede

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

set off, instigate, incite, stir up

v. provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

fire, arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

animate, enliven, invigorate, inspire, exalt

v. heighten or intensify; "These paintings exalt the imagination"

move, prompt, incite, motivate

v. give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

trip, trigger, spark, activate, set off, actuate, spark off, trigger off, touch off

v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

heat, inflame, stir up, fire up

upset, trouble, disturb

v. move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"

upset, discomfit, untune, discompose, disconcert

v. cause to lose one's composure

churn, stir vigorously

v. stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter

mix, unify, mingle, commix, amalgamate

v. to bring or combine together or with something else; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance"

enervate, faze, unnerve, unsettle

v. disturb the composure of

rattle

v. shake and cause to make a rattling noise

shake, agitate

v. move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking"

jump, start, startle, move suddenly

v. move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

Synonyms (13)

charge, load with a charge, place a charge on

v. fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay"

push for, fight for, campaign for, crusade for, agitate for

v. agitate for

shake, stir, stimulate, excite, shake up

v. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

Antonyms (18)

still, calm, lull, tranquilize, tranquillize, quieten, calm down, make calm

v. make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

assuage, mollify, appease, gentle, pacify, lenify, placate, gruntle

v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

bore, tire

v. cause to be bored

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