All 5 Uses of
agitate
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- He lies in a large room and receives us with feeble expressions of joy and helpless agitation. While he was unconscious someone had stolen his watch.
Chpt 1agitation = anxiety or upset
- Only the young recruits are agitated.
Chpt 4 *agitated = nervous
- His voice is agitated, it sounds almost dignified as he says: "I tell you it is the vilest baseness to use horses in the war."
Chpt 4agitated = disturbed
- The confusion of shell-holes now seems so bewildering that I can no longer tell in my agitation which way I should go.
Chpt 9agitation = anxiety (nervousness and worry)
- He cries out feebly with his shattered lung: "I won't go to the Dying Room." ... Hoarse, agitated, he whispers: "Stopping here!" They do not answer but wheel him out.
Chpt 10agitated = emotionally upset
Definition:
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(agitate) to stir up or shake -- emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)