| agitate | | |
| v. (social) | 1. agitate, foment, stir up | try to stir up public opinion. |
| ~ provoke, stimulate | provide the needed stimulus for. |
| ~ rumpus | cause a disturbance. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
| ~ hype up, psych up | get excited or stimulated.; "The children were all psyched up after the movie" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| ~ pother | make upset or troubled. |
| ~ electrify | excite suddenly and intensely.; "The news electrified us" |
| v. (social) | 3. agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, press, push | 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.; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" |
| ~ advertize, advertise, promote, push | make publicity for; try to sell (a product).; "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" |
| ~ advertize, advertise, promote, push | make publicity for; try to sell (a product).; "The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model"; "The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops" |
| v. (motion) | 4. agitate, budge, shift, stir | move very slightly.; "He shifted in his seat" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (motion) | 5. agitate, shake | move or cause to move back and forth.; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" |
| ~ fluff up, plump up, shake up | make fuller by shaking.; "fluff up the pillows" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ fan | agitate the air. |
| ~ tremble | move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways.; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document" |
| ~ tremor, quake | shake with seismic vibrations.; "The earth was quaking" |
| ~ palpitate | cause to throb or beat rapidly.; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart" |
| ~ convulse | shake uncontrollably.; "earthquakes convulsed the countryside" |
| ~ sparge | agitate by introducing air or compressed gas.; "sparge the water" |
| ~ succuss, shake up | shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body). |
| ~ concuss | shake violently. |
| ~ rattle | shake and cause to make a rattling noise. |
| ~ jactitate, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, thrash, convulse, toss, slash | move or stir about violently.; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" |
| ~ jiggle, joggle, wiggle | move to and fro.; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!" |
| v. (contact) | 6. agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex | change the arrangement or position of. |
| ~ scramble, beat | stir vigorously.; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" |
| ~ toss | agitate.; "toss the salad" |
| ~ rile, roil | make turbid by stirring up the sediments of. |
| ~ poke | stir by poking.; "poke the embers in the fireplace" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| annoy | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
| ~ get under one's skin, get | irritate.; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" |
| ~ eat into, rankle, grate, fret | gnaw into; make resentful or angry.; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" |
| ~ chafe | feel extreme irritation or anger.; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" |
| ~ peeve | cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful. |
| ~ ruffle | trouble or vex.; "ruffle somebody's composure" |
| ~ fret | cause annoyance in. |
| ~ beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" |
| ~ antagonize, antagonise | provoke the hostility of.; "Don't antagonize your boss" |
| ~ displease | give displeasure to. |
| bother | | |
| n. (event) | 1. bother, fuss, hassle, trouble | an angry disturbance.; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" |
| ~ disturbance, perturbation | activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption.; "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck | something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" |
| ~ negative stimulus | a stimulus with undesirable consequences. |
| ~ nuisance | (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive. |
| ~ irritant, thorn | something that causes irritation and annoyance.; "he's a thorn in my flesh" |
| ~ plague | an annoyance.; "those children are a damn plague" |
| v. (social) | 3. bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble, trouble oneself | take the trouble to do something; concern oneself.; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" |
| ~ strain, strive, reach | to exert much effort or energy.; "straining our ears to hear" |
| v. (social) | 4. bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to.; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." |
| ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ distress, straiten | bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship. |
| v. (motion) | 5. bother | intrude or enter uninvited.; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers" |
| ~ intrude, irrupt | enter uninvited.; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room" |
| v. (emotion) | 6. bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| ~ charge up, commove, agitate, rouse, excite, turn on, charge | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
| ~ bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled. |
| v. (emotion) | 7. bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled. |
| ~ disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| ~ bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| distract | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. deflect, distract | draw someone's attention away from something.; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors" |
| ~ disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. cark, disorder, disquiet, distract, perturb, trouble, unhinge | disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed.; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill" |
| ~ vex, worry | disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.; "I cannot sleep--my daughter's health is worrying me" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| harass | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" |
| ~ needle, goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism.; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" |
| ~ annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, bother, nettle, rag, chafe, get at, get to | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
| ~ bedevil, dun, rag, crucify, frustrate, torment | treat cruelly.; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" |
| ~ haze | harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions. |
| v. (competition) | 2. harass | exhaust by attacking repeatedly.; "harass the enemy" |
| ~ aggress, attack | take the initiative and go on the offensive.; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" |
| perturb | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. perturb | disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom.; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion" |
| ~ deviate | cause to turn away from a previous or expected course.; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding" |
| ~ perturb | cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull.; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet" |
| v. (motion) | 2. perturb | cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull.; "The orbits of these stars were perturbed by the passings of a comet" |
| ~ deviate | cause to turn away from a previous or expected course.; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding" |
| ~ perturb | disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom.; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion" |
| v. (change) | 3. derange, perturb, throw out of kilter | throw into great confusion or disorder.; "Fundamental Islamicists threaten to perturb the social order in Algeria and Egypt" |
| ~ disarray, disorder | bring disorder to. |
| pester | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease | annoy persistently.; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" |
| ~ bedevil, dun, rag, crucify, frustrate, torment | treat cruelly.; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" |
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