agitate
verb [T] (WORRY) /ˈædʒ.ɪ.teɪt/Definition
› to make someone feel worried or angry: I didn't want to agitate her by telling her.Causing anxiety and worryMaking people sad, shocked and upset agitated /ˈædʒ.ɪ.teɪ.tɪd/
/-t̬ɪd/ adjective › She became very agitated (= anxious) when her son failed to return home.Anxious and worried
/-t̬ɪd/ adjective › She became very agitated (= anxious) when her son failed to return home.Anxious and worried(Definition of agitate verb (WORRY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- alarm verb
- alarming adjective
- catch up with sb phrasal verb (CAUSE PROBLEMS)
- come back to bite sb idiom
- come back/home to roost idiom
- concerning adjective
- disturb verb (WORRY)
- dread verb
- flap verb (BEHAVE NERVOUSLY)
- frighten sb/sth away/off phrasal verb
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give sb the jitters idiom
- gnaw verb (FEEL WORRIED)
- harass verb
- stress sb out phrasal verb
- stressful adjective
- tense adjective (NERVOUS)
- troubling adjective
- unnerve verb
- unsettling adjective (WORRYING)
Topic:
Causing anxiety and worry
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