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# agitated

«agitated» in Mova's school dictionary: **Worried, nervous and upset, unable to keep calm** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (agitated, more agitated, most agitated); past of «agitate»

### meaning for a pupil

1) Worried, nervous and upset, unable to keep calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#m1)

2) Shaken or stirred, as a liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows a character's feelings: pacing, fidgeting, talking fast. In science it can describe a stirred liquid. Phrases: «get agitated», «agitated about».

### examples

- She grew agitated when the bus was late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x1)
- The horse was agitated by the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x2)
- Grandad gets agitated when he loses his glasses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x3)
- He paced up and down, looking agitated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x4)
- The agitated water bubbled in the beaker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x5)
- Try to calm the agitated puppy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x6)
- When the King came home at evening, he asked them why they were so agitated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/#x7)

### note

Adjective used for feelings; similar to «anxious», «upset», «worked up». Opposite: calm.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «agitated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/agitated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.