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

was so agitated she could hardly speak

agitatedly adverb

pacing back and forth agitatedly

Synonyms

• excited
• heated
• upset

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

Recent Examples on the Web

In a September 15 TikTok video posted by user @belmelly, a dog sat in the backseat of a vehicle, agitated and barking nonstop. —Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025

Two passengers later described him as agitated and angry. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025

Are assassins like Kirk’s killer simply pathological outliers among agitated but otherwise self-restrained populations? —Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025

According to the complaint, video footage from a nearby convenience store showed Cullen in the shop appearing agitated and holding a handgun. —Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of agitate

First Known Use

1684, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for agitated

• abdicated
• abrogated
• acclimated
• activated
• actuated
• adumbrated
• advocated
• aggravated
• aggregated
• allocated
• alternated
• amputated