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# agitated

adjective (agitated, more agitated, most agitated); past of «agitate»

«agitated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Worried, nervous and upset, unable to keep calm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#m1)
2. Shaken or stirred, as a liquid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories it shows a character's feelings: pacing, fidgeting, talking fast. In science it can describe a stirred liquid. Phrases: «get agitated», «agitated about».

### Examples

- She grew agitated when the bus was late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x1)
- The horse was agitated by the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x2)
- Grandad gets agitated when he loses his glasses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x3)
- He paced up and down, looking agitated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x4)
- The agitated water bubbled in the beaker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x5)
- Try to calm the agitated puppy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x6)
- When the King came home at evening, he asked them why they were so agitated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x7)

### Note

Adjective used for feelings; similar to «anxious», «upset», «worked up». Opposite: calm.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «agitated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«agitated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/agitated.html) on Mova free.