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
Bram Stokerwas so agitated she could hardly speak
agitatedly adverb
pacing back and forth agitatedly
Synonyms
- excited
- feverish
- frenzied
- heated
- hectic
- hyperactive
- overactive
- overwrought
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The woman would not do so and the man became more agitated, yelling at the woman to tell officers to leave. cleveland, 1 Sep. 2022 Mental health workers had requested assistance for a man who had become highly agitated at a house on Sterling Street. Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022 Video shows the father, Devon Tyme, walking up his own driveway to find an agitated man on his front porch. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2022 No one expects miracles for dementia from cannabis but its potentially calming effects could be very useful for agitated folks. Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Scenes included an El Paso police car on fire, a Border Patrol agent posing with an agitated German Shepherd and a blindfolded boy smashing an ICE agent piñata. Thania Garcia, Variety, 10 July 2022 People typically associate it with winter, when colder months and shorter days leave people feeling sluggish, agitated and even hopeless. Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 22 June 2022 As Giganti and Davis continued their assault, the crowd became increasingly agitated. Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Like Dooley’s pictures, Madalengoitia’s are agitated and gentle as the same time. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 See More
cleveland, 1 Sep. 2022 Mental health workers had requested assistance for a man who had become highly agitated at a house on Sterling Street. Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2022 Video shows the father, Devon Tyme, walking up his own driveway to find an agitated man on his front porch. Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2022 No one expects miracles for dementia from cannabis but its potentially calming effects could be very useful for agitated folks. Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Scenes included an El Paso police car on fire, a Border Patrol agent posing with an agitated German Shepherd and a blindfolded boy smashing an ICE agent piñata. Thania Garcia, Variety, 10 July 2022 People typically associate it with winter, when colder months and shorter days leave people feeling sluggish, agitated and even hopeless. Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 22 June 2022 As Giganti and Davis continued their assault, the crowd became increasingly agitated. Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022 Like Dooley’s pictures, Madalengoitia’s are agitated and gentle as the same time. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
from past participle of agitate
First Known Use
1684, in the meaning defined above
agitatedly
adverb
as in confusedly
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- confusedly
- frantically
- uncontrollably
- desperately
- crazily
- frenziedly
- frenetically
- hectically
- skittishly
- feverishly
- haywire
- wild
- wildly
- madly
- berserk
- recklessly
- amuck
- amok
- heedlessly
- tumultuously
- turbulently
- aimlessly
- wantonly
- riotously
- harum-scarum
- haphazardly
- chaotically
- berserkly
- haphazard
- pell-mell
- helter-skelter
- hotheadedly
- hit or miss
- topsy-turvy
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- calmly
- coolly
- unconcernedly
- placidly
- composedly
- imperturbably
- serenely
- cooly
- peacefully
- collectedly
- meekly
- mildly
- passively
- systematically
- tamely
- orderly
- methodically
- self-possessedly
- self-composedly