All 4 Uses of
agitate
in
Girl Interrupted
- We often agitated to move our weekly Hall Meeting from the living room to the TV room,-it never happened.†
- There are a lot of names: depression, catatonia, mania, anxiety, agitation.†
- We fell silent, listening for ... the sort of agitation an escape provokes.
*agitation = unrest (anxiety)
- We fell silent, listening for agitation in the nursing station—the sort of agitation an escape provokes.†
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)