agitated
adjective
ag·i·tat·ed
ˈa-jə-ˌtā-təd 
: troubled in mind : disturbed and upset
When Caswall asked him to describe what he had seen …, he got very agitated …—
Bram Stoker
Bram Stokerwas so agitated she could hardly speak
agitatedly
adverb
pacing back and forth agitatedly
Examples of agitated in a Sentence
all ferry crossings were cancelled because of the agitated waters around the islands
by the time they finally showed up, long after midnight, we'd become so agitated that we never did get to sleep that night
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When officers arrived, Jones allegedly became more agitated and combative.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025
Diana, the most glamorous and beautiful, married the Guinness brewery heir, had three children and then in a notorious scandal left her husband for Oswald Mosley, a notorious womanizer and fascist leader whose Black Shirts violently agitated for Nazi Germany as Britain prepared for war.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
Martin said a woman wearing a Make America Great Again hat with a gun visible in a holster was acting agitated at the El Pueblo Museum, which was the endpoint of a march at the rally.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 14 June 2025
In the first two sets, Alcaraz appeared frustrated and agitated.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025
Diana, the most glamorous and beautiful, married the Guinness brewery heir, had three children and then in a notorious scandal left her husband for Oswald Mosley, a notorious womanizer and fascist leader whose Black Shirts violently agitated for Nazi Germany as Britain prepared for war.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 16 June 2025
Martin said a woman wearing a Make America Great Again hat with a gun visible in a holster was acting agitated at the El Pueblo Museum, which was the endpoint of a march at the rally.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 14 June 2025
In the first two sets, Alcaraz appeared frustrated and agitated.
—Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
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“Agitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agitated. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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