verb
agitate
AJ-ih-tayt/ˈædʒɪteɪt/
To stir something into unsettled motion or activity.
The organizer's address agitates the concerned neighbors.
Etymology
Latin agitare pictures keeping something in constant motion. Applied to feelings, this becomes disturbance; applied to public questions, it becomes keeping an issue actively before people's minds.
In context
it's meant to create a bit of using Butler gender trouble it's meant to agitate you get in your face a bit and make you think
More examples
- The unexpected news agitated him so much that he could not sit still.
- Residents agitated for safer crossings near the school.
- Avoid agitating the mixture once the crystals begin to form.
Forms
agitate · agitates · agitated · agitating
agitation noun — Stirring, distress, or active public campaigning.
agitator noun — Someone who actively campaigns for change.