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agitate

Meaning

To cause to move with violent or sudden impulses; to excite or provoke into violent action; to stir up the emotions or actions of.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The crowd's anger started to agitate. Whispers turned to shouts, and people pushed forward. Their frustration boiled over, ready to agitate for change with unrestrained emotion and action.

The sudden, harsh clang of the alarm bell began to agitate the sleeping children. Their small bodies jerked, and whimpers turned into cries. The noise stirred them into panicked action, making them jump and thrash, unable to find comfort.

The child's taunts began to agitate the normally calm dog, its tail twitching, its low growl rumbling. Soon, it lunged, barking furiously, clearly wanting to stir up trouble and prove its point with loud, sudden movements.

The tiny hamster, fueled by three sunflower seeds, began to agitate wildly in its cage. It zoomed back and forth, a furry blur, trying to stir up the emotions of its owner into a feeding frenzy. Its tiny paws flailed, a frantic plea for more snacks!

The tiny, fuzz-covered hamsters, fueled by smuggled sprinkles, began to agitate. Their little legs churned, sending wood shavings flying. Suddenly, a hamster with a magnificent mustache tried to ride a toilet paper tube like a bucking bronco, causing the whole cage to agitate with wild, squeaking chaos.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The crowd's anger began to agitate as the unfair verdict was read. Shouts erupted, and people started pushing forward. They were stirred up, ready to act against what felt so wrong. The injustice made their emotions boil.

The constant hum of the uncalibrated chronometer began to agitate the lone technician. Each irregular pulse sent shivers down his spine, making him want to smash the panel and escape the suffocating silence of the failing temporal anchor.

The sudden loss of the rare bioluminescent algae in the tank began to agitate the normally placid deep-sea anglerfish. Their feeding instincts were violently stirred, causing them to thrash and bump against the glass in their confusion and hunger.

The toddler, fueled by pure sugar and an alarming amount of screen time, began to agitate. His tiny fists pumped, his face turned an alarming shade of purple, and his wails threatened to agitate the very foundations of the house. This was no gentle rocking; this was a full-blown, noise-induced frenzy designed to agitate even the most patient parent into surrendering all the cookies.

The rogue sourdough starter, a bubbly menace, began to agitate violently in its jar, threatening to launch a yeasty assault on the entire kitchen. Its frothy fury was a clear signal of its intent to provoke a doughy rebellion against its unsuspecting baker.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The crowd's murmurs began to agitate as the speaker delivered his fiery rhetoric. His words seemed to agitate them further, stirring up their resentment and pushing them toward unrest. They were on the verge of action, their emotions raw and exposed.

The sculptor’s hammer blows would agitate the stone, not to break it, but to reveal the form hidden within. Each violent impulse of the tool made the granite tremble, as if waking a slumbering giant, stirring its inert mass into a furious dance before it yielded its shape.

The tiny terrarium, normally a serene ecosystem of moss and slow-moving isopods, began to agitate. A sudden tremor, perhaps a passing truck, sent the miniature landscape into a frenzy, making the ground beneath the fungi quiver violently.

The toddler's relentless wails began to agitate the already precariously stacked tower of building blocks, threatening to send the entire precarious edifice crashing down. His parents, meanwhile, fought the urge to agitate him further by suggesting he might enjoy a broccoli smoothie.

The agitated fluffball, a creature of pure, unadulterated lint, began to agitate with astonishing ferocity. Its minuscule, fuzzy limbs twitched uncontrollably, its beady, misplaced eyes bulged, as if a rogue dust bunny had discovered the secret recipe for perpetual motion. It truly seemed determined to stir up the emotions of the entire sock drawer.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The injustice of the decree began to agitate the populace. Whispers turned to shouts, and a palpable unrest started to stir. Soon, the crowd, their emotions inflamed, pushed forward, eager to agitate for redress.

The arcane incantations began to agitate the slumbering elemental. A visceral tremor coursed through the obsidian altar, the stones groaning as if in pain. The conjurer, witnessing the artifact's furious reaction, felt a surge of dread; he had undoubtedly provoked a potent, untamed force.

The relentless pressure from the inquisitor's persistent, insidious questions began to agitate the prisoner. Each unyielding query, designed to provoke a confession, stirred his internal turmoil, making his controlled demeanor falter. He felt his composure begin to fracture under the insistent scrutiny.

The preposterous pugilist, replete with pugnacious propensities, sought to agitate the placid populace with his prearranged brouhaha, intending to stir up their emotions to a frenzy, thus provoking a veritable pandemonium for his own ignominious amusement.

The bewildered cephalopod, its photophores flashing an apoplectic crimson, attempted to agitate the sentient, gelatinous goo inhabiting the abyssal trench. Its rudimentary attempts to stir up the alien blob into violent action, by flinging bioluminescent detritus, only succeeded in further perplexing the creature, which responded by oozing a hitherto unknown, soporific aroma.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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