All 6 Uses
agitate
in
An Inspector Calls
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- In twenty or thirty years' time—let's say, in the forties—you may be giving a little party like this—your son or daughter might be getting engaged— and I tell you, by that time you'll be living in a world that'll have forgotten all these Capital versus Labor agitations and all these silly little war scares.†
p. 10.8
- Staring at him, agitated.†
p. 22.4agitated = not calm; or stirred up (often emotionally)
- Enter BIRLING, looking rather agitated†
p. 41.8
- Crossing D. R. Agitated now.†
p. 44.5 *
- Rather agitated now†
p. 46.3
- Agitated†
p. 47.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(agitate) to stir up or shake -- emotionally (as when people are angered or upset) or physically (as when a washing machine cleans clothes)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)