They sent agents to agitate the local people.
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Agitate
//ˈæ.d͡ʒɪ.teɪt//
Synonyms for "agitate" (221 found)
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10 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
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2 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ταράσσω verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
- ἀνασείω verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възбуждам verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
- вълнувам verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
- разбърквам verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- раздвижвам verb (to move or actuate)
Chechen
2 entries- оьйхаз вала verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
- питана дан verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Esperanto
1 entries- inciti verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
Finnish
3 entries- hämmentää verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- hämmentää verb (to move or actuate)
- ravistella verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Galician
2 entries- axitar verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- axitar verb (to move or actuate)
German
4 entries- aufregen verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
- aufrühren verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- aufrühren verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
- aufwiegeln verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Italian
4 entries- agitare verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- agitare verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
- sbattere verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- scuotere verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
Japanese
3 entries- 扇動する verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
- 掻き乱す verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- 煽る verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Latin
1 entries- turbō verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Māori
3 entries- oi verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
- ori verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- whakaoioi verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Persian
2 entries- آشفتن verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
- پریشان کردن verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Polish
1 entries- agitować verb (to move or actuate)
Portuguese
3 entries- agitar verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- agitar verb (to move or actuate)
- agitar verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Romanian
3 entries- agita verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- agita verb (to move or actuate)
- agita verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Sanskrit
1 entries- इङ्गति verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
Spanish
4 entries- agitar verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- alborotar verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
- campañear por verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
- fomentar verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Swedish
3 entries- röra om verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- röra om verb (to move or actuate)
- uppröra verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Tocharian B
1 entries- wālts verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Turkish
3 entries- sarsmak verb (to move with a violent, irregular action)
- sarsmak verb (to move or actuate)
- sarsmak verb (to stir up, to disturb or excite)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Don't agitate the dog anymore.
Source: tatoeba (8860342)
Now is not the time to agitate the hornet's nest.
Source: tatoeba (13271058)
He was greatly agitated by the news.
Source: wiktionary
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