Agitated vs Riotous - What's the difference?
agitated | riotous | Related terms |
(agitate)
To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
(rare) To move or actuate.
:(Thomson)
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
:(Boyle)
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
having the characteristics of a riot
causing, inciting or taking part in a riot
unrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute
Agitated is a related term of riotous.
As a verb agitated
is (agitate).As an adjective riotous is
having the characteristics of a riot.agitated
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Verb
(head)agitate
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(Webster 1913)Verb
(agitat)- ``Winds . . . agitate the air.'' --Cowper.
- The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson.