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Definition of agitation in English: agitationnoun adʒɪˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌædʒəˈteɪʃ(ə)n mass noun1A state of anxiety or nervous excitement. 焦虑;紧张激动 she was wringing her hands in agitation 她焦虑地绞着双手。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘Tooker's anxiety and agitation spun out of control in the weeks preceding his death,’ she recalls.
- Three days later, he began to experience hallucinations, delusions, anxiety, and agitation along with dizziness and nausea.
- Potentially treatable causes of agitation include pain, anxiety, and positive-pressure ventilation.
- He was crawling under his skin with anxiety and agitation.
- Discussing it too far in advance may produce anxiety and agitation.
- Depression can also cause anxiety and agitation.
- All had varying degrees of confusion, lack of alertness, agitation, anxiety, insomnia, depressed mood, and irritability.
- Now that is the subject of trial the world over, and the trial results so far have been mixed, but there have been small numbers in all the trials reporting this increased anxiety or agitation.
- The most common findings on presentation include: agitation, anxiety, tachycardia, and hypertension.
- Steroid psychosis can cause anxiety, agitation, euphoria, insomnia, mood swings, personality changes and even serious depression.
- As with all natives of this combination, the Aries / Virgo may suffer from nervous anxiety, agitation, and stress.
- They can be very hard on themselves and when exhausted, can lapse into states of hypertension, agitation and acute anxiety.
- It is also associated with memory difficulties, attentional problems, anxiety, agitation and then some individuals develop cognitive decline.
- This will cause him anxiety, frustration, agitation and other mental discomforts.
- If agitation, anxiety or suicidal thinking appears, parents and therapists must take immediate action.
- This reaction can include anxiety, agitation, muscle twitches, nausea, confusion and convulsions.
- The medication can reduce the concomitant anxiety and agitation, but does little to stop the underlying delusions.
- In particular, delusional patients showed higher scores in agitation and anxiety.
- Corydalis is a European sedative herb that addresses insomnia that stems from nervousness, agitation, depression or anxiety.
- Moreover, he was plagued by a kind of sullen, intense, nervous agitation, similar to that of a drug-addict experiencing withdrawal.
Synonyms anxiety, perturbation, disquiet, distress, concern, trouble, alarm, worry, upset nervous excitement rare disconcertment 2Brisk stirring or disturbance of a liquid. the techniques mostly involve agitation by stirring Example sentencesExamples - Soak in hypo clearing agent for 3 minutes with agitation, or 10 minutes without agitation.
- I had to look up the word roil there as I was worried I had just created a portmanteau word from Boil and Oil - well sort of portmanteau but it does mean in a state of turbulence or agitation.
- Inadequate agitation can result if the agitator control valve is not adjusted properly or if the pump has inadequate capacity.
- Temperature also measures the degree of agitation of molecules in a liquid or a gas.
- Because one of the prescribed modes of agitation is rolling the testing device, it is frequently called a roll-a-meter.
- After vigorous agitation and phase separation the organic solution was removed and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure.
- It is governed by temperature, contact between the solids and liquid and the degree of agitation, time, and by the composition of the extracting liquid, in this case the grape juice as it becomes wine.
- Therefore, reliability of liquid or slurry manure analysis results is best with agitation.
- Dangerous concentrations can be released by agitation of stored liquid manure.
- When mixed with water, the oil and herbicide are suspended in the water and can separate without agitation.
- The strains were grown at 30° on agar plates or in liquid culture with agitation.
- Can be used with minimal agitation when processing roll film in tanks for very pronounced adjacency effects that can result in great apparent sharpness.
- Use the gentle cycle if you are concerned about too much agitation.
- Even if all components appear compatible, the tank mixture will require constant agitation to prevent separation or poor distribution in the tank.
Synonyms stirring, whisking, beating, churning, shaking, turbulence, tossing, blending, whipping, folding, rolling, jolting 3The arousing of public concern about an issue and pressing for action on it. 鼓动,煽动 widespread agitation for social reform 争取社会变革的广泛鼓动。 Example sentencesExamples - Anarchist and socialist agitation lagged far behind on the scale of government concerns during that difficult decade.
- There were issues around the relative effectiveness of parliamentary agitation and the morality of open rebellion, if it were almost certainly doomed to failure.
- This issue is a priority for shareholder agitation.
- If there's some agitation on the issue, on the sidelines, that's fine.
- The French socialists, on the other hand, were intent on stirring up revolutionary agitation.
- Rather, it was the product of years of activism and agitation on the part of activists from all walks of life.
- This meant above all the lawyers and office-holders who had been so conspicuous in all the public agitation since September 1788.
- We discussed it and decided to step up our agitation around the issue of wages.
- It is unclear whether the decision was a response to widespread agitation.
- It saw the Bread or Blood riots, frontier repressions and concerted anti-Chinese agitation.
- It led to more assertive Catholic agitation over religious issues such as denominational schooling or the defence of Catholic doctrines.
- It increased popular support by its association with the land reform agitation.
- The media's apparent agitation on risky issues is part of their democratic function.
- In 1795, during a period of high food prices and severe public agitation, stones were thrown at the King's carriage as he went to Westminster to open a new session of parliament.
- Nonetheless, shifting national coalitions also provided focal points for public antiwar information and agitation.
- He would in fact have been hard-pressed to discuss postwar monetary and foreign policy or domestic issues such as labor agitation and demobilization.
- In Britain, the radical agitation of the Reform League had been successfully appropriated by the Liberal Party for the elections of 1868.
- One issue they've used to galvanize their public is continuing agitation to erode the constitutional safeguards against establishment of religion.
- There was agitation for reform and spies haunted the streets.
- In the meantime, however, widespread agitation from the grassroots is precisely what's needed to build a fire under the seat of government in Washington.
Synonyms campaigning, striving, battling, fighting, struggling, crusading arguing, argument, wrangling, debate, discussion rabble-rousing, provocation, stirring up, commotion - 3.1Indian count noun A public demonstration.
Example sentencesExamples - The march was to protest the alleged excesses of the City Police Commissioner against demonstrators during their recent agitation.
- Ito Sumardi said that five people from Jakarta had entered Surabaya in order to carry out agitation and encourage demonstrations.
- The authorities should mind the situation seriously; otherwise they would invite public agitation.
- Opposition youth wing to launch agitation against Left front
- Besides, he has also pre-empted any move from fanatic and communal forces to launch an agitation on the issue.
- It appears that the sun does not set without at least one agitation, with protestors competing to put forth their demands in a novel manner.
- Issues are being diverted by new issues, which are also evoking spontaneous agitations / demonstrations.
- Many hang on to cameras and handycams to capture the protests and agitations.
- He ventured out to the crowd, as fish takes to water, as a good portion of his career was spent in the middle of public protests and agitations.
- In a statement issued here, the DUTA executive has announced that while it will call off the impending agitation, it will maintain a strict watch over the developments.
- He recalls some of the agitations and protests that the people of Eroor had staged during those days.
- At the moment there are no auto strikes, no agitations, no issues either that can snowball into a major controversy - leading ultimately to closure of schools.
- They have threatened to resort to agitation if any government official tried to get the shops closed forcibly or a fine is imposed upon them.
- Routine agitations and protests against the rising number of liquor shops still continue.
- Hindus in Jammu rose up in protest in a movement known as the Praja Parishad agitation.
- After protest and agitation led by UP Urdu Teachers' Association, Urdu teachers started getting full salaries from 1997 onwards.
- They announced the launch of an agitation against the issue in the town from next month.
- During the Assam agitation, the agitation-leaders came up with numbers like 4/5 millions of illegal aliens in Assam.
- But on account of strong opposition and launching of agitation by the students, their parents and the BJP, the state
- In Punjab, exorbitant prices of wheat, rice, barley and salt, fuelled great discontent that took the form of anti-Rowlatt Act agitations and protests.
OriginMid 16th century (in the sense 'action, being active'): from Latin agitatio(n-), from the verb agitare (see agitate). Definition of agitation in US English: agitationnounˌædʒəˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌajəˈtāSH(ə)n 1A state of anxiety or nervous excitement. 焦虑;紧张激动 she was wringing her hands in agitation 她焦虑地绞着双手。 Example sentencesExamples - Depression can also cause anxiety and agitation.
- The medication can reduce the concomitant anxiety and agitation, but does little to stop the underlying delusions.
- They can be very hard on themselves and when exhausted, can lapse into states of hypertension, agitation and acute anxiety.
- Now that is the subject of trial the world over, and the trial results so far have been mixed, but there have been small numbers in all the trials reporting this increased anxiety or agitation.
- This reaction can include anxiety, agitation, muscle twitches, nausea, confusion and convulsions.
- Discussing it too far in advance may produce anxiety and agitation.
- He was crawling under his skin with anxiety and agitation.
- The most common findings on presentation include: agitation, anxiety, tachycardia, and hypertension.
- It is also associated with memory difficulties, attentional problems, anxiety, agitation and then some individuals develop cognitive decline.
- In particular, delusional patients showed higher scores in agitation and anxiety.
- ‘Tooker's anxiety and agitation spun out of control in the weeks preceding his death,’ she recalls.
- If agitation, anxiety or suicidal thinking appears, parents and therapists must take immediate action.
- This will cause him anxiety, frustration, agitation and other mental discomforts.
- All had varying degrees of confusion, lack of alertness, agitation, anxiety, insomnia, depressed mood, and irritability.
- Moreover, he was plagued by a kind of sullen, intense, nervous agitation, similar to that of a drug-addict experiencing withdrawal.
- Three days later, he began to experience hallucinations, delusions, anxiety, and agitation along with dizziness and nausea.
- Potentially treatable causes of agitation include pain, anxiety, and positive-pressure ventilation.
- Corydalis is a European sedative herb that addresses insomnia that stems from nervousness, agitation, depression or anxiety.
- Steroid psychosis can cause anxiety, agitation, euphoria, insomnia, mood swings, personality changes and even serious depression.
- As with all natives of this combination, the Aries / Virgo may suffer from nervous anxiety, agitation, and stress.
Synonyms anxiety, perturbation, disquiet, distress, concern, trouble, alarm, worry, upset 2The action of briskly stirring or disturbing something, especially a liquid. 搅动 Example sentencesExamples - Use the gentle cycle if you are concerned about too much agitation.
- Temperature also measures the degree of agitation of molecules in a liquid or a gas.
- Because one of the prescribed modes of agitation is rolling the testing device, it is frequently called a roll-a-meter.
- It is governed by temperature, contact between the solids and liquid and the degree of agitation, time, and by the composition of the extracting liquid, in this case the grape juice as it becomes wine.
- When mixed with water, the oil and herbicide are suspended in the water and can separate without agitation.
- Even if all components appear compatible, the tank mixture will require constant agitation to prevent separation or poor distribution in the tank.
- Therefore, reliability of liquid or slurry manure analysis results is best with agitation.
- Inadequate agitation can result if the agitator control valve is not adjusted properly or if the pump has inadequate capacity.
- Can be used with minimal agitation when processing roll film in tanks for very pronounced adjacency effects that can result in great apparent sharpness.
- Dangerous concentrations can be released by agitation of stored liquid manure.
- I had to look up the word roil there as I was worried I had just created a portmanteau word from Boil and Oil - well sort of portmanteau but it does mean in a state of turbulence or agitation.
- After vigorous agitation and phase separation the organic solution was removed and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure.
- The strains were grown at 30° on agar plates or in liquid culture with agitation.
- Soak in hypo clearing agent for 3 minutes with agitation, or 10 minutes without agitation.
Synonyms stirring, whisking, beating, churning, shaking, turbulence, tossing, blending, whipping, folding, rolling, jolting 3The action of arousing public concern about an issue and pressing for action on it. 鼓动,煽动 widespread agitation for social reform 争取社会变革的广泛鼓动。 Example sentencesExamples - In Britain, the radical agitation of the Reform League had been successfully appropriated by the Liberal Party for the elections of 1868.
- Nonetheless, shifting national coalitions also provided focal points for public antiwar information and agitation.
- It led to more assertive Catholic agitation over religious issues such as denominational schooling or the defence of Catholic doctrines.
- Anarchist and socialist agitation lagged far behind on the scale of government concerns during that difficult decade.
- This issue is a priority for shareholder agitation.
- Rather, it was the product of years of activism and agitation on the part of activists from all walks of life.
- One issue they've used to galvanize their public is continuing agitation to erode the constitutional safeguards against establishment of religion.
- The media's apparent agitation on risky issues is part of their democratic function.
- The French socialists, on the other hand, were intent on stirring up revolutionary agitation.
- There were issues around the relative effectiveness of parliamentary agitation and the morality of open rebellion, if it were almost certainly doomed to failure.
- In 1795, during a period of high food prices and severe public agitation, stones were thrown at the King's carriage as he went to Westminster to open a new session of parliament.
- This meant above all the lawyers and office-holders who had been so conspicuous in all the public agitation since September 1788.
- In the meantime, however, widespread agitation from the grassroots is precisely what's needed to build a fire under the seat of government in Washington.
- It is unclear whether the decision was a response to widespread agitation.
- It saw the Bread or Blood riots, frontier repressions and concerted anti-Chinese agitation.
- He would in fact have been hard-pressed to discuss postwar monetary and foreign policy or domestic issues such as labor agitation and demobilization.
- If there's some agitation on the issue, on the sidelines, that's fine.
- It increased popular support by its association with the land reform agitation.
- We discussed it and decided to step up our agitation around the issue of wages.
- There was agitation for reform and spies haunted the streets.
Synonyms campaigning, striving, battling, fighting, struggling, crusading
OriginMid 16th century (in the sense ‘action, being active’): from Latin agitatio(n-), from the verb agitare (see agitate). |