| 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" |
| stir | | |
| n. (state) | 1. splash, stir | a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event.; "he made a great splash and then disappeared" |
| ~ commotion, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do, disruption, disturbance, flutter | a disorderly outburst or tumult.; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. stir | emotional agitation and excitement. |
| ~ agitation | the feeling of being agitated; not calm. |
| ~ electricity | keen and shared excitement.; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it" |
| ~ sensation | a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest.; "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear" |
| n. (act) | 3. ado, bustle, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir | a rapid active commotion. |
| ~ ruckus, ruction, rumpus, commotion, din, tumult | the act of making a noisy disturbance. |
| v. (motion) | 4. stir | move an implement through.; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil" |
| ~ churn | stir (cream) vigorously in order to make butter. |
| ~ paddle | stir with a paddle. |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (perception) | 5. excite, stimulate, stir | stir feelings in.; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" |
| ~ jack off, jerk off, she-bop, wank, masturbate, fuck off | get sexual gratification through self-stimulation. |
| ~ masturbate | stimulate sexually.; "The old man wanted to be masturbated by the prostitute" |
| ~ sensitise, sensitize | cause to sense; make sensitive.; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine" |
| ~ horripilate | cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps.; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me" |
| ~ work | provoke or excite.; "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy" |
| ~ fellate, go down on, suck, blow | provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation. |
| ~ thrill | cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input.; "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow" |
| ~ whet, quicken | make keen or more acute.; "whet my appetite" |
| ~ disgust, gross out, revolt, repel | fill with distaste.; "This spoilt food disgusts me" |
| v. (emotion) | 6. excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ fuel | stimulate.; "fuel the debate on creationism" |
| ~ sex, wind up, excite, turn on, arouse | stimulate sexually.; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" |
| ~ affright, fright, frighten, scare | cause fear in.; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" |
| ~ thrill, tickle, vibrate | feel sudden intense sensation or emotion.; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine" |
| ~ invite, tempt | give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting.; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" |
| ~ elate, intoxicate, uplift, lift up, pick up | fill with high spirits; fill with optimism.; "Music can uplift your spirits" |
| ~ animate, enliven, inspire, invigorate, exalt | heighten or intensify.; "These paintings exalt the imagination" |
| ~ titillate | excite pleasurably or erotically.; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine" |
| v. (emotion) | 7. stir, touch | affect emotionally.; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| ~ get | evoke an emotional response.; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time" |
| v. (creation) | 8. arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" |
| ~ anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict, curse | wish harm upon; invoke evil upon.; "The bad witch cursed the child" |
| ~ bless | give a benediction to.; "The dying man blessed his son" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke | evoke or provoke to appear or occur.; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" |
| v. (motion) | 9. arouse, stir | to begin moving,.; "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (contact) | 10. stir | mix or add by stirring.; "Stir nuts into the dough" |
| ~ work | move into or onto.; "work the raisins into the dough"; "the student worked a few jokes into his presentation"; "work the body onto the flatbed truck" |
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