agitated

• IPA^(key): /ˈæd͡ʒɪteɪtɪd/

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• Hyphenation: agi‧tat‧ed

agitated

1. simple past and past participle of agitate

agitated (comparative more agitated, superlative most agitated)

1. Angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up.
   • 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 86:

     By quarter to six all this had me so awake and agitated that even the Balinese wind chimes that I hung up in the garden to relax me began to sound like Big Ben.

2. (of a solution or substance) Violently and chaotically moving around, such as because of being shaken.