'agitation' definitions:
Definition of 'agitation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
noun
A state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest" [syn: agitation, ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest]
noun
The feeling of being agitated; not calm [ant: calmness]
noun
noun
The act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)
Synonyms of 'agitation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ado,
- aggravation,
- all-overs,
- angst,
- animation,
- anxiety,
- anxiety hysteria,
- anxiety neurosis,
- anxious bench,
- anxious concern,
- anxious seat,
- anxiousness,
- apprehension,
- apprehensiveness,
- arousal,
- arousing,
- attack of nerves,
- bluster,
- bother,
- botheration,
- brawl,
- broil,
- brouhaha,
- buck fever,
- burst,
- bustle,
- cacophony,
- cankerworm of care,
- care,
- case of nerves,
- chaos,
- chills of fear,
- churning,
- cold creeps,
- cold shivers,
- cold sweat,
- commotion,
- concern,
- concernment,
- confusion,
- creeps,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- distress,
- disturbance,
- dither,
- dread,
- ebullience,
- ebullition,
- eddy,
- effervescence,
- electrification,
- embroilment,
- exacerbation,
- exasperation,
- excessive irritability,
- excitation,
- excitement,
- exhilaration,
- fanaticism,
- fear,
- fear and trembling,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- firing,
- fit,
- flap,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- flutteriness,
- fomentation,
- foofaraw,
- foreboding,
- forebodingness,
- frenzy,
- fume,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- fuss,
- fussiness,
- galvanization,
- goose bumps,
- gooseflesh,
- heartquake,
- horripilation,
- hubbub,
- hullabaloo,
- hurly-burly,
- hurry,
- hurry-scurry,
- incitation,
- incitement,
- inflammation,
- infuriation,
- inquietude,
- instigation,
- irritation,
- jimjams,
- lather,
- lathering up,
- maelstrom,
- malaise,
- misgiving,
- morbid excitability,
- nerves,
- nervosity,
- nervous stomach,
- nervous strain,
- nervous tension,
- nervousness,
- overanxiety,
- palpitation,
- pandemonium,
- panic,
- panickiness,
- passion,
- pell-mell,
- pep rally,
- pep talk,
- perturbation,
- pins and needles,
- pother,
- provocation,
- pucker,
- quaking,
- quiver of terror,
- rabble-rousing,
- racket,
- rage,
- restlessness,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruffle,
- rumpus,
- scramble,
- shaking,
- shivers,
- solicitude,
- spasm,
- spell of nerves,
- spurt,
- stage fright,
- state of nerves,
- steaming up,
- stew,
- stimulation,
- stimulus,
- stir,
- stirring,
- stirring up,
- stirring-up,
- storminess,
- strain,
- suspense,
- sweat,
- swirl,
- swirling,
- tempestuousness,
- tension,
- thrill of fear,
- tic,
- to-do,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- trouble,
- tumult,
- tumultuousness,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- twitching,
- uneasiness,
- unquiet,
- unquietness,
- uproar,
- upset,
- vellication,
- vexation,
- vortex,
- whipping up,
- whirl,
- wildness,
- working up,
- yeastiness,
- zeal,
- zealousness