1. Causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
   "The politician's agitating speech inflamed tensions in the crowd";
   - agitative, provoking

1. Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
   "The protest march agitated the whole city";
   - rouse, turn on, charge, commove [archaic], excite, charge up
    
2. Move or cause to move back and forth
   "The chemist agitated the flask vigorously";
   - shake
    
3. Change the arrangement or position of
   "The earthquake agitated the careful arrangement of items";
   - disturb, shake up, stir up, raise up
    
4. Try to stir up public opinion
   "The activists agitated for political reform";
   - foment, stir up
    
5. Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
   "She is agitating for women's rights";
   - crusade, fight, press, campaign, push

See also: provocative

Type of: advertise, advertize [US, non-standard], displace, disturb, flack [N. Amer, informal], move, promote, provoke, push, stimulate, trouble, upset

Antonym: calm

Encyclopedia: Agitate