agitation
noun
[ adʒɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a state of anxiety or nervous excitement.
• "she was wringing her hands in agitation"
Similar:
anxiety,
perturbation,
disquiet,
distress,
concern,
trouble,
alarm,
worry,
upset,
nervous excitement,
disconcertment,
• brisk stirring or disturbance of a liquid.
• "the techniques mostly involve agitation by stirring"
Similar:
stirring,
whisking,
beating,
churning,
shaking,
turbulence,
tossing,
blending,
whipping,
folding,
rolling,
jolting,
• the arousing of public concern about an issue and pressing for action on it.
• "widespread agitation for social reform"
Similar:
campaigning,
striving,
battling,
fighting,
struggling,
crusading,
arguing,
argument,
wrangling,
debate,
discussion,
rabble-rousing,
provocation,
stirring up,
commotion,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘action, being active’): from Latin agitatio(n- ), from the verb agitare (see agitate).
