Scotland has been agitating for centuries to achieve greater autonomy from the British central government in London.
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Agitating
Synonyms for "agitating" (63 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Noun(8 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (31)
Noun(12 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
25 entriesagitational movementagitational rhetoricanxietychemical stirringemotional arousalemotional stirringgrassroots organizingincendiary rhetoriclabor agitationlobbyingmass demonstrationmass mobilizationmechanical agitationnervousnesspolitical agitationprotest campaign
Showing 16 of 25 words.
Collocations
15 entriesagitating campaignagitating crowdagitating deviceagitating discourseagitating factoragitating for reformagitating motionagitating rhetoricagitating speechagitating the crowdagitating topicemotional agitationliquid agitationpolitical agitationpublic agitation
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
8 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.
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A new affair is agitating the police administration.
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