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1
a state of wildly excited activity or emotion
- knew immediately, from the horses' agitation, that something terrible was happening
Synonyms for agitation
- deliriousness,
- delirium,
- distraction,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- flap,
- frenzy,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- hysteria,
- rage,
- rampage,
- uproar
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Near Antonyms for agitation
- calm,
- calmness,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- placidity,
- quiet,
- quietude,
- repose,
- restfulness,
- sereneness,
- serenity,
- still,
- stillness,
- tranquillity
- (or tranquility),
- tranquilness
2
an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble
- experienced a great deal of agitation over whether she had an appropriate dress for her husband's inauguration
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The first known use of agitation was in 1547
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