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adjective. us / ˈædʒ·əˌteɪ·t̬ɪd /. Add to word list. nervous because of worry or fear that is difficult to control: Gordon became visibly agitated when asked about the minimum wage issue. Many times the private hospitals transfer their terribly aggressive, agitated patients to us because they cannot handle them.
She appeared tearful, anxious, and agitated when she was advised of her baby's serious medical problems.
If someone is agitated, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
The meaning of AGITATED is troubled in mind : disturbed and upset. How to use agitated in a sentence.
To feel agitated is to feel anxious, bothered, or worried. The verb agitate means to make someone feel this way. It can also mean to shake something up , stir it up , or cause it to move around roughly, as in The storm is agitating the water, stirring up huge waves.
agitate suggests obvious external signs of nervous or emotional excitement. in his agitated state we could see he was unable to work. upset implies the disturbance of normal or habitual functioning by disappointment, distress, or grief. the family's constant bickering upsets the youngest child.
The verb agitate means "to shake up." So someone who is agitated has been shaken up by something — disturbing news, a careless driver who nearly caused a huge accident, or just a very long, very bad day. Agitated can also describe being activated, or fired up about something.
