All 3 Uses of
agitate
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
- Earlier, he'd been complaining that his teeth were vibrating with the air-conditioning unit; sometimes sounds got to be too much for him— usually when he was agitated.†
agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- But Shay was too agitated to notice.†
*
- Needless to say, when Mr. Bourne heard the anesthesiologist say that she'd begun Sodium Pentothal drip, he grew quite agitated.†
Definition:
to stir up or shake -- emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)