agitation
Roget category 315
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[Irregular motion]
Agitation
noun
agitation,
stir,
tremor,
shake,
ripple,
jog,
jolt,
jar,
jerk,
shock,
succussion†,
trepidation,
quiver,
quaver,
dance —
jactitation†,
quassation† —
shuffling
etc.
v. —
twitter,
flicker,
flutter.
turbulence,
perturbation —
commotion,
turmoil,
disquiet —
tumult,
tumultuation† —
hubbub,
rout,
bustle,
fuss,
racket,
subsultus†,
staggers,
megrims,
epilepsy,
fits —
carphology†,
chorea,
floccillation†,
the jerks,
St.
Vitus's dance,
tilmus†.
spasm,
throe,
throb,
palpitation,
convulsion.
disturbance,
chaos
etc.
(disorder)
59 —
restlessness
etc.
(changeableness)
149.
ferment,
fermentation —
ebullition,
effervescence,
hurly-burly,
cahotage† —
tempest,
storm,
ground swell,
heavy sea,
whirlpool,
vortex
etc.
312 —
whirlwind
etc.
(wind)
349.
verb
be agitated
&c. —
shake —
tremble,
tremble like an aspen leaf —
quiver,
quaver,
quake,
shiver,
twitter,
twire†,
writhe,
toss,
shuffle,
tumble,
stagger,
bob,
reel,
sway,
wag,
waggle —
wriggle,
wriggle like an eel —
dance,
stumble,
shamble,
flounder,
totter,
flounce,
flop,
curvet,
prance,
cavort [U.S.] —
squirm.
throb,
pulsate,
beat,
palpitate,
go pitapat —
flutter,
flitter,
flicker,
bicker —
bustle.
ferment,
effervesce,
foam —
boil,
boil over —
bubble up —
simmer.
toss about,
jump about —
jump like a parched pea —
shake like an aspen leaf —
shake to its center,
shake to its foundations —
be the sport of the winds and waves —
reel to and fro like a drunken man —
move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
keep between hawk and buzzard.
agitate,
shake,
convulse,
toss,
tumble,
bandy,
wield,
brandish,
flap,
flourish,
whisk,
jerk,
hitch,
jolt —
jog,
joggle,
jostle,
buffet,
hustle,
disturb,
stir,
shake up,
churn,
jounce,
wallop,
whip,
vellicate†.
adjective
shaking
etc.
v. —
agitated tremulous —
desultory,
subsultory† —
saltatoric† —
quasative† —
shambling —
giddy-paced,
saltatory†,
convulsive,
unquiet,
restless,
all of a twitter.
adverb
by fits and starts —
subsultorily†
etc.
adj.† —
per saltum [Lat.] —
hop skip and jump —
in convulsions,
in fits.
phrase
tempete dans un verre d'eau [Fr.].
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