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present tense third-person singular of agitate
Synonyms & Antonyms of agitates
2
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
- there's no need to agitate the patient about little things
Synonyms for agitates
- ails,
- alarms
- (also alarums),
- bothers,
- concerns,
- derails,
- discomforts,
- discomposes,
- dismays,
- disquiets,
- distempers,
- distracts,
- distresses,
- disturbs,
- exercises,
- flurries,
- frazzles,
- freaks (out),
- fusses,
- hagrides,
- perturbs,
- undoes,
- unhinges,
- unsettles,
- upsets,
- weirds out,
- worries
Words Related to agitates
- aggravates,
- angers,
- annoys,
- bugs,
- chafes,
- chivies
- (or chivvies),
- exasperates,
- frets,
- galls,
- gets,
- grates,
- harasses,
- harries,
- irks,
- irritates,
- nettles,
- peeves,
- pesters,
- piques,
- puts off,
- puts out,
- riles,
- vexes
Near Antonyms for agitates
Antonyms for agitates
- calms,
- composes,
- quiets,
- settles,
- soothes,
- tranquilizes
- (also tranquillizes)
3
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
- set the washing machine so it will agitate for four minutes before going into the rinse cycle
Synonyms for agitates
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4
to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion
- a question which has been agitated by the legislature time and time again
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