Usually means: Stirring up emotions or actions.
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We found 40 dictionaries that define the word agitation:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. agitation: Merriam-Webster
  2. agitation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. agitation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. agitation: Collins English Dictionary
  5. agitation: Vocabulary.com
  6. Agitation, agitation: Wordnik
  7. agitation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. agitation: Wiktionary
  9. agitation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. agitation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. agitation: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Agitation, agitation: Dictionary.com
  13. agitation: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. agitation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Agitation (action), Agitation (dementia), Agitation (disambiguation), Agitation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Agitation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. agitation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. agitation: Rhymezone
  19. Agitation, agitation (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. agitation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. agitation: FreeDictionary.org
  22. agitation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. agitation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. agitation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  25. agitation: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agitation (emotion), Agitation (political), agitation: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agitation (political), agitation: Encyclopedia

Medicine (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. agitation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Agitation: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  5. agitation: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  6. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  7. Agitation (emotion), agitation: Medical dictionary
  8. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Political (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Film/Video Terms (No longer online)
  2. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)

(Note: See agitate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
noun:  A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.
noun:  Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
noun:  (archaic) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
noun:  putting into motion by shaking or stirring, often to achieve mixing.

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