agitation

Meanings

Plural: agitations

Noun

• a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
• a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
• the feeling of being agitated; not calm
• disturbance usually in protest
• the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously)
• The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
• A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.
• Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
• Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
• putting into motion by shaking or stirring, often to achieve mixing.

Synonyms

commotion, emotion, excitement, ferment, fermentation, hullabaloo, perturbation, tempestuousness, tremor, trepidation, turmoil, unrest, upheaval

Antonyms

calmness