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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Agitation \Ag`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. agitatio: cf. F. agitation.]
     1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the
        state of being moved with violence, or with irregular
        action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in
        agitation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity;
        disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical
        excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.;
        as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation.
        ``Religious agitations.'' --Prescott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy,
        or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion;
        debate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A logical agitation of the matter.    --L'Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The project now in agitation.         --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Emotion; commotion; excitement; trepidation; tremor;
          perturbation. See Emotion.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Agitation \Ag`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. agitatio: cf. F. agitation.]
     1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the
        state of being moved with violence, or with irregular
        action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in
        agitation.
  
     2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity;
        disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical
        excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.
  
     3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.;
        as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation.
        ``Religious agitations.'' --Prescott.
  
     4. Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy,
        or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion;
        debate.
  
              A logical agitation of the matter.    --L'Estrange.
  
              The project now in agitation.         --Swift.
  
     Syn: Emotion; commotion; excitement; trepidation; tremor;
          perturbation. See Emotion.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  agitation
       n 1: a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
       2: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development;
          "the political ferment produced a new leadership"; "social
          unrest" [syn: ferment, fermentation, unrest]
       3: the feeling of being agitated; not calm [ant: calmness]
       4: disturbance usually in protest [syn: excitement, turmoil,
           upheaval, hullabaloo]
       5: the act of agitating something; causing it to move around
          (usually vigorously)

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  agitation
     Γαλλικά n.
     η ταραχή, η αναταραχή

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  agitation
     French n.
     1 choppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch
  etc.)
     2 restlessness
     3 bustle (of street, room etc.); activity
     4 (nervous) (l en agitation)
     5 (social) unrest
     n.
     1 The act of agitate, or the state of being agitated; the state of
  being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
     2 A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's
  peace of mind.
     3 Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
     4 (lb en archaic) examine or consideration of a subject in
  controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion;
  debate.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Agitation
     German n.
     f (lb de politics) agitation

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  agitation
     n.
     1 The act of agitate, or the state of being agitated; the state of
  being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
     2 A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's
  peace of mind.
     3 Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
     4 (lb en archaic) examine or consideration of a subject in
  controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion;
  debate.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  agitation
     French n.
     1 choppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch
  etc.)
     2 restlessness
     3 bustle (of street, room etc.); activity
     4 (nervous) (l en agitation)
     5 (social) unrest
     n.
     1 The act of agitate, or the state of being agitated; the state of
  being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
     2 A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's
  peace of mind.
     3 Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
     4 (lb en archaic) examine or consideration of a subject in
  controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion;
  debate.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Agitation
     German n.
     f (lb de politics) agitation

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  agitation
     French n.
     1 choppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch
  etc.)
     2 restlessness
     3 bustle (of street, room etc.); activity
     4 (nervous) (l en agitation)
     5 (social) unrest
     n.
     1 The act of agitate, or the state of being agitated; the state of
  being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
     2 A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's
  peace of mind.
     3 Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
     4 (lb en archaic) examine or consideration of a subject in
  controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion;
  debate.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Agitation
     German n.
     f (lb de politics) agitation

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  agitation
     Ranska n.
     1 levottomuus, rauhattomuus
     2 sekoitus, ravistus
     3 agitaatio
     Ruotsi n.
     agitaatio, kiihotus

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Agitation
     Saksa n.
     (''uskonnollinen, poliittinen'') agitaatio, kiihotus

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  agitation
     n.
     uppvigling, upphetsning

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Agitation
     Tyska n.
     agitation

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  agitation
     n.
     uppvigling, upphetsning

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Agitation /ˌɑɡiːtatsjˈoːn/ 
  agitation 
     Synonym: motorische Unruhe
  

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-fra ]

  Agitation /aɡitaˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  agitation
  politische Aufklärung, politische Werbung

From Deutsch-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-ind ]

  Agitation /aɡitaˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  agitasi
  politische Aufklärung, politische Werbung

From Deutsch-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-pol ]

  Agitation /aɡitaˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  agitacja
  politische Aufklärung, politische Werbung

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-rus ]

  Agitation /aɡitaˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  агитация
  politische Aufklärung, politische Werbung

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-spa ]

  Agitation /aɡitaˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  agitación
  politische Aufklärung, politische Werbung

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  Agitation /aɡitaˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  agitation 2.
  politische Aufklärung, politische Werbung
   3.
  abwertend: politische Hetze, Aufrüttelung, Aufwieglung

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
  1. beroering
  2. agitasie
  3. opwinding
  4. lawaai

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
  الانفعال

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  agitation //ad͡ʒɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n// //æ.d͡ʒɪˈteɪ.ʃən// 
  агитация, бъркане, възбуда, вълнение
  act of agitating

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
  agitace

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/ 
  vzrušení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/ 
  rozruch

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/ 
  debata

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/ 
  diskuze

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
   [eko] míchání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/ 
  míchání

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
  aufwieglerische Agitation  [pol.]  [pej.]
           Note: für/gegen etw.
           Note: for/against sth.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
  Agitation , motorische Unruhe  [med.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
  Erregung , Beunruhigung , Aufregung , Aufgeregtheit 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
  Erschütterung , heftige Bewegung 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
  Schütteln , Aufrühren 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  agitation //ad͡ʒɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n// //æ.d͡ʒɪˈteɪ.ʃən// 
  agitaatio
  act of agitating

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  agitation /ædʒiteiʃən/
  1. agitation
  2. bagarre, barouf, baroufle

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/ 
  1. आन्दोलन{बैचेनी
        "The students agitation is for better infrastructural facilities."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
  agitacija, huškanje, miješanje, mućkanje, pometnja, raspravljanje, razmatranje, rovarenje, uzbuna, uznemirenost

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
  1. nyugtalanság
  2. agitáció
  3. izgalom

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  agitation //ad͡ʒɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n// //æ.d͡ʒɪˈteɪ.ʃən// 
  agitasi
  act of agitating

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  agitation /ˌadʒɪtˈeɪʃən/
  agitazione

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  agitation /ˌæʤɪˈteɪʃən/ 
   1.  podniecenie
   2.  agitacja

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  agitation /ædʒiteiʃən/ 
  1. agitação, alvoroço, balbúrdia, tumulto
  2. excitação doentia

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  agitation /ædʒiteiʃən/
  ruido

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  agitation //ad͡ʒɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n// //æ.d͡ʒɪˈteɪ.ʃən// 
  hets, uppvigling
  act of agitating

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  agitation /aʒitasjˈɔ̃/
  mesk, dispac'h (dispac'hioù /(en)dɪspˈakhɪˌuː(fr)/), diskrap, keflusk (kefluskoù /kəflyskˈu/), birvilh

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (d'un courant) agitation /aʒitasjˈɔ̃/
  ambreg

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  agitation /a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ 
  агитация

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  agitation /a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ 
  Rummel, Agitation

From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:fra-eng ]

  agitation /aʒitasjɔ̃/ 
  agitation, commotion

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  agitation /a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ 
  agitazione

From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:fra-lat ]

  agitation /a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ 
  vibrātiō

From French-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:fra-nld ]

  agitation /aʒitasjõ/
  1. agitatie, beroering, beweging, opschudding, stokerij, woeling
  2. onrust, troebelen

From français-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-pol ]

  agitation /a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ 
  wzburzenie, zamieszanie

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  agitation /a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ 
  agitação

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  agitation /a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/ 
  agitación

From Svenska-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-deu ]

  agitation /ˌɑːɡiːtasxˈuːn/ 
  Agitation, Hetze, Propaganda
  uppvigling, upphetsning

From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:swe-eng ]

  agitation /ˌɑːɡiːtasxˈuːn/
  agitation, commotion

From Svenska-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-rus ]

  agitation /ˌɑːɡiːtasxˈuːn/ 
  агитация
  uppvigling, upphetsning

From Svenska-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:swe-tur ]

  agitation /ˌɑːɡiːtasxˈuːn/ 
  ajitasyon
  uppvigling, upphetsning

From IPA:de :   [ IPA:de ]

  

/ʔɑgitɑˈtsĭoːn/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌædʒəˈteɪʃən/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/aʒitasjɔ̃/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  190 Moby Thesaurus words for "agitation":
     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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 激动,兴奋,煽动;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 搅动,鼓动,煽动,激动,骚动,焦虑

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