agitated

adjective

ag·​i·​tat·​ed ˈa-jə-ˌtā-təd 

: troubled in mind : disturbed and upset

When Caswall asked him to describe what he had seen …, he got very agitated …

—Bram Stoker

was so agitated she could hardly speak

agitatedly adverb

pacing back and forth agitatedly

Synonyms

• excited
• feverish
• frenzied
• heated
• hectic
• hyperactive
• overactive
• overwrought

Examples of agitated in a Sentence

all ferry crossings were cancelled because of the agitated waters around the islands

by the time they finally showed up, long after midnight, we'd become so agitated that we never did get to sleep that night

Recent Examples on the Web

Police said the same person had earlier ran onto N. Main Street while naked in an agitated state. —Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 15 June 2024

Officers arrived and saw Wiggins inside acting agitated, pacing back and forth and gesturing with the gun at her side. —Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 11 June 2024

James Crumbley also was visibly agitated when this came up. —Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 9 Apr. 2024

The three gunmen seemed to be getting more agitated by the second. —Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 5 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

from past participle of agitate

First Known Use

1684, in the meaning defined above