"village in northern France west-northwest of Arras population 311":[]
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"\u02c8\u00e4-zh\u0259n-\u02ccku\u0307r",
"\u02c8a-jin-\u02cck\u022frt"
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"geographical name"
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": agarwood":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1699, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Portuguese aguila (borrowed from Tamil akil ) + wood entry 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001651",
"type":[
"noun"
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"antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"lumbering",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful"
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": having a quick resourceful and adaptable character":[
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"an agile dancer"
]
},
"examples":[
"Leopards are very fast and agile .",
"the expressive movements of agile dancers",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Best for calm days with little wind, the Tucktec is agile , tracks straight, and is made for recreational kayakers. \u2014 Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics , 21 June 2022",
"Real-time evaluation through data provides the insights needed to be agile enough to respond to changes quickly and shift with the workforce's needs. \u2014 Brian Haines, Forbes , 3 June 2022",
"This makes sense because skinny skis are uniquely difficult to turn or stop on the downhill yet light and agile enough to hop out of the track on the uphill. \u2014 Outside Online , 26 Mar. 2021",
"This new model must integrate, organize, and optimize independent talent at scale in more agile ways, enabling businesses to draw from a diverse set of workers who will increasingly seek to engage on their own terms. \u2014 Micha Kaufman, Fortune , 11 May 2022",
"Although both are more agile than typical big men, Antetokounmpo is the reigning Finals MVP and one of the most adaptable players in the league. \u2014 Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com , 17 Apr. 2022",
"Read More: Inside the Historic Mission to Provide Aid and Arms to Ukraine Against a conventional army with its large battalions and rigid formations, the EDL\u2019s small, local units are intended to be much more agile . \u2014 Lisa Abend/klooga, Time , 7 Apr. 2022",
"But thanks to a new rear-wheel-steering system and adaptive dampers, this next-generation car feels more agile than the outgoing model. \u2014 Drew Dorian, Car and Driver , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Hiring outside contractors keeps companies agile when scaling to meet business demand. \u2014 Ashley Stahl, Forbes , 29 Dec. 2021"
],
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
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"borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin agilis, from agere \"to drive, be in motion, do, perform\" + -ilis -ile entry 1 \u2014 more at agent":""
},
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"\u02c8a-j\u0259l",
"-\u02ccj\u012b(-\u0259)l"
],
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"featly",
"feline",
"graceful",
"gracile",
"light",
"light-footed",
"light-foot",
"lightsome",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble",
"spry"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-024622",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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": a gibbon ( Hylobates agilis ) of Malaysia and Sumatra that occurs in two color phases, one blackish brown, the other buffy brown, both with white brow and black face":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1841, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"agile , translation of New Latin agilis , specific epithet of Hylobates agilis":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161642",
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"noun"
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"agility":{
"antonyms":[
"awkwardness",
"clumsiness",
"gaucheness",
"gawkiness",
"gawkishness",
"gracelessness",
"ham-handedness",
"heavy-handedness",
"klutziness",
"ungainliness"
],
"definitions":{
": the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness , dexterity":[
"played with increasing agility"
]
},
"examples":[
"a gymnast whose agility on the parallel bars has won him several medals",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This is because developer tools are the biggest contributors to developer velocity, organizational agility and business success. \u2014 Rohit Amarnath, Forbes , 29 June 2022",
"Readers of today\u2019s positive psychology will find many familiar themes, including a growth mindset, learned optimism, and emotional agility . \u2014 The Editors, Outside Online , 9 June 2022",
"With the blooming renaissance of women in rap showcasing musical talents and lyrical agility greater than many of their male counterparts, Houston\u2019s KenTheMan takes up space on her own terms. \u2014 Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone , 28 Oct. 2021",
"Plummer has slightly more mobility than Cruz and can make plays with his legs, although Cruz has shown impressive agility within the pocket for a QB listed at 6-5, 227. \u2014 Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic , 17 Aug. 2021",
"On the mend Receiver Jacob Harris, who is recovering from knee surgery, ran on the sidelines and did agility drills. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"Thrusting and slashing her laser sword with impressive grace and agility , Grimes more than looked the part. \u2014 Lauren Valenti, Vogue , 2 June 2022",
"The combine featured 5-on-5 games, strength and agility testing, shooting drills and measurements. \u2014 Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant , 23 May 2022",
"Learn more about why top performing manufacturers are choosing cloud ERP to drive innovation and agility here, and leverage a value calculator to estimate the value of business innovation with cloud ERP. \u2014 Richard Howells, Forbes , 23 May 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"Middle English agilite, borrowed from Anglo-French agilitee, borrowed from Latin agilit\u0101t-, agilit\u0101s, from agilis agile + -it\u0101t-, -it\u0101s -ity":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8ji-l\u0259-t\u0113"
],
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"deftness",
"dexterity",
"nimbleness",
"sleight",
"spryness"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-221113",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": with agility":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"circa 1895, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian, from agile , adjective, from Latin agilis":""
},
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"\u02cca-j\u0259l-\u02c8men-t\u0113"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222346",
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"agin":{
"antonyms":[
"for",
"pro"
],
"definitions":[
"Definition of agin dialectal variant of against"
],
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"pronounciation":[
"\u0259-\u02c8gin"
],
"synonyms":[
"against",
"anti",
"contra"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220701-164356",
"type":[]
},
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"antonyms":[],
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"Definition of aging present participle of age"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220630-015946",
"type":[]
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": one who opposes change":[
"Donald was a saturnine, unrelenting iconoclast, a north-country agin'er from the get-go\u2014about politics, religion, social norms, and what have you.",
"\u2014 Edward Hoagland , Harper's , October 2000"
]
},
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"first_known_use":{
"1905, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"agin entry 2 + -er entry 2":""
},
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"\u0259\u02c8gin\u0259(r)"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041158",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"definitions":{
": a premium or percentage paid for the exchange of one currency for another (as where gold is given for silver or metallic for paper currency)":[],
": money changing":[],
": the premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1696, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Italian aggio, agio , alteration (by false word division, l being taken as the definite article) of Italian dialect lajj\u00eb , from Middle Greek allagion exchange, from Greek allag\u0113 change, exchange, from allos other":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8\u00e4-(\u02cc)j\u014d",
"\u02c8a-(\u02cc)j\u014d",
"\u02c8a-j\u0113-\u02cc\u014d"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115646",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": exchange business":[],
": speculative buying or selling of stocks : stockjobbing":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1792, in the meaning defined at sense 2":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from agioter to practice stockjobbing (from agio stockjobbing, from Italian aggio, agio ) + -age":""
"Middle English agister , from Anglo-French agistour , from Middle French agister + -our -or":""
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-120016",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"agita":{
"antonyms":[
"unconcern"
],
"definitions":{
": a feeling of agitation or anxiety":[]
},
"examples":[
"took a deep breath to dispel her agita as she stepped onstage",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"There was some agita for the Green in this one, of course. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 May 2022",
"But Cordero, bored and sensing their agita , decided to bait them even further by tweeting \u2014 falsely \u2014 that he\u2019d subsequently been fined $150,000 by Grande\u2019s label for his role in spreading the leak. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Dec. 2020",
"My flash of fatherly agita was a result of everything seeming to pile up at once after my baby\u2019s birth. \u2014 Taylor Tepper, New York Times , 15 Apr. 2020",
"But the agita over how to groom yourself for work\u2014hair straight or curly",
"That points to a major source of agita for some observers of the 2016 election: electoral forecasts in the news media and elsewhere that used polling data to suggest Mrs. Clinton was highly likely to win. \u2014 New York Times , 23 Nov. 2019",
"Given his broken finger, his fragile knees, his sore back and achy feet, not to mention his chronic agita , Bryant can't sit in a car for two hours. \u2014 Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN , 28 Jan. 2020",
"But all the little decisions can at least begin to move the needle in the right direction (and relieve some of our collective agita !), and that\u2019s where this guide comes in. \u2014 The Healthyish Team, Bon App\u00e9tit , 28 Jan. 2020",
"For all the agita caused by Alabama\u2019s kicking game, the sight Saturday afternoon was a new one. \u2014 Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al , 27 Sep. 2019"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1971, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Italian acido, literally, \"heartburn, acid entry 1 ,\" with spelling reflecting southern Italian laxing of consonants and reduction of final vowel":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-j\u0259-t\u0259"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"concernment",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"fear",
"nervosity",
"nervousness",
"perturbation",
"solicitude",
"sweat",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"worry"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071441",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"agitable":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": capable of being agitated":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1548, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Latin agit\u0101bilis \"mobile,\" from agit\u0101re \"to agitate \" + -bilis -able":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-j\u0259-t\u0259-b\u0259l"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-212820",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"agitanado":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": nonflamenco heelwork in dancing or a nonflamenco dance using heelwork":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1949, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Spanish gypsylike, from a- (from Latin ad- ) + gitano gypsy (from\u2014assumed\u2014Vulgar Latin Aegyptanus Egyptian, from Latin Aegyptius + -anus -an) + -ado -ate":""
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for agitate shake , agitate , rock , convulse mean to move up and down or to and fro with some violence. shake often carries a further implication of a particular purpose. shake well before using agitate suggests a violent and prolonged tossing or stirring. an ocean agitated by storms rock suggests a swinging or swaying motion resulting from violent impact or upheaval. the whole city was rocked by the explosion convulse suggests a violent pulling or wrenching as of a body in a paroxysm. spectators were convulsed with laughter discompose , disquiet , disturb , perturb , agitate , upset , fluster mean to destroy capacity for collected thought or decisive action. discompose implies some degree of loss of self-control or self-confidence especially through emotional stress. discomposed by the loss of his beloved wife disquiet suggests loss of sense of security or peace of mind. the disquieting news of factories closing disturb implies interference with one's mental processes caused by worry, perplexity, or interruption. the discrepancy in accounts disturbed me perturb implies deep disturbance of mind and emotions. perturbed by her husband's strange behavior agitate suggests obvious external signs of nervous or emotional excitement. in his agitated state we could see he was unable to work upset implies the disturbance of normal or habitual functioning by disappointment, distress, or grief. the family's constant bickering upsets the youngest child fluster suggests bewildered agitation. his declaration of love completely flustered her",
"If I talk about the problem with him it just agitates him even more.",
"Some members of the union have been agitating for a strike.",
"A few local residents have been agitating against a military presence.",
"The mixture is heated and then agitated .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Guided by this principle, Ch\u00e9reau, the legendary French director who died in 2013, used his stage work and films to agitate , wrestle and contend with the mystical relationship between actors and their characters. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
"In both cases, perpetrators agitate the issue by playing off ageist stereotypes, myths and assumptions. \u2014 Sheila Callaham, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Critics say the president and his political allies have used incidents like the 2014 and 2018 anti-Muslim riots and 2019 Easter bombings to stoke old fears and agitate their base. \u2014 Munza Mushtaq, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"The unionization vote followed months of tensions between Raven and Activision Blizzard over recent layoffs and marked the latest effort by workers to agitate for improved workplace conditions at the troubled video game company. \u2014 Rishi Iyengar, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"Ashton Kutcher pushed his audience of millions to agitate for diaper-changing stations in men\u2019s rooms. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, the industry is continuing to agitate for someone else to pay for it all. \u2014 Peter Elkind, ProPublica , 26 May 2022",
"Zhao Lijian, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, said the joint statement was unfairly critical of the Chinese government and seeks to agitate its own internal affairs, Reuters reported. \u2014 Fox News , 1 June 2022",
"Then, use your hands to agitate the hat so that the water and detergent can penetrate its fibers and to dislodge dirt and grime. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English agitat \"set in motion,\" borrowed from Latin agit\u0101tus, past participle of agit\u0101re \"to set in motion, drive before one, arouse, disturb, deal with, turn over in the mind,\" frequentative of agere \"to drive, be in motion, do, perform\" \u2014 more at agent":""
"When Caswall asked him to describe what he had seen \u2026, he got very agitated \u2026",
"\u2014 Bram Stoker",
"was so agitated she could hardly speak"
]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Osaka, who has been admirably open about battling depression and took a long mental-health break last year, became tearful and agitated . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Mar. 2022",
"Buscaino became agitated when a Times reporter told him that some people were waiting to get into a shelter but that shelters were full. \u2014 Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 26 May 2022",
"The four wrestled and jostled, with the intruder alternating between calm and highly agitated . \u2014 Brad Schmitt, USA TODAY , 24 May 2022",
"An agitated young man in a track suit had stormed into the women-only waiting room at least three times demanding to see his wife, who was in the treatment rooms. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
"Those constituencies include agitated shareholders such as Musk. \u2014 Matt Pearcestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 15 Apr. 2022",
"The actor is alleged to have yelled obscenities and become agitated when people began singing karaoke at the bar. \u2014 Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter , 28 Mar. 2022",
"Paul grew more agitated and confused, experienced visual-spatial issues and had increasing difficulty walking. \u2014 Eliza Fawcett, courant.com , 20 Mar. 2022",
"The teen was extremely agitated and uncooperative upon arrival. \u2014 Cheryl Higley, cleveland , 20 Nov. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1684, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"from past participle of agitate":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-j\u0259-\u02cct\u0101-t\u0259d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"excited",
"feverish",
"frenzied",
"heated",
"hectic",
"hyperactive",
"overactive",
"overwrought"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063459",
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
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"agitation":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a persistent and sustained attempt to arouse public feeling or influence public opinion (as by appeals, discussions, or demonstrations)":[
"political agitation",
"\u2026 makes it clear that this assertive attitude of black women was essential during the agitation for civil rights.",
"\u2014 Gloria Naylor"
],
": a state of excessive psychomotor activity accompanied by increased tension and irritability":[
"nervous agitation",
"Holmes was for the moment as startled as I. His hand closed like a vice upon my wrist in his agitation .",
"\u2014 Arthur Conan Doyle",
"She sat some time in a good deal of agitation , listening, trembling, and fearing to be sent for every moment \u2026",
"\u2014 Jane Austen",
"\u2026 characterized by prominent agitation , irritability, and delusions \u2026",
"\u2014 Oliver Freudenreich et al.",
"Propranolol and other beta-blockers suppress physical symptoms of agitation and anxiety by slowing down the sympathetic nervous system.",
"\u2014 The Harvard Mental Health Letter"
],
": a state or feeling of being agitated and restless":[
"nervous agitation",
"Holmes was for the moment as startled as I. His hand closed like a vice upon my wrist in his agitation .",
"\u2014 Arthur Conan Doyle",
"She sat some time in a good deal of agitation , listening, trembling, and fearing to be sent for every moment \u2026",
"\u2014 Jane Austen",
"\u2026 characterized by prominent agitation , irritability, and delusions \u2026",
"\u2014 Oliver Freudenreich et al.",
"Propranolol and other beta-blockers suppress physical symptoms of agitation and anxiety by slowing down the sympathetic nervous system.",
"\u2014 The Harvard Mental Health Letter"
],
": the act or an instance of agitating something : a moving back and forth or with an irregular, rapid, or violent action":[
"In candy making, this agitation usually consists of working the chocolate back and forth on a marble surface with a large scraper.",
"\u2014 Rose Levy Beranbaum",
"The technology is based on the controlled agitation of concentrated ore particles with precisely determined amounts of acid.",
"\u2014 Corale L. Brierley"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1547, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccaj-\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n",
"\u02cca-j\u0259-\u02c8t\u0101-sh\u0259n"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"deliriousness",
"delirium",
"distraction",
"fever",
"feverishness",
"flap",
"frenzy",
"furor",
"furore",
"fury",
"hysteria",
"rage",
"rampage",
"uproar"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042520",
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"agitative":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": causing agitation":[]
},
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"In a game where aggressive, even agitative play traditionally has been rewarded, overtime has, in some ways, taken hockey backward. \u2014 Jeff Miller, Orange County Register , 4 Jan. 2017"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1528, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Late Latin agit\u0101t\u012bvus \"producing movement,\" from Latin agit\u0101tus, past participle of agit\u0101re \"to set in motion, drive before one, agitate \" + -\u012bvus -ive":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-j\u0259-\u02cct\u0101-tiv"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065852",
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"agitato":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": in a restless and agitated manner":[
"\u2014 used as a direction in music"
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1801, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Italian, \"agitated,\" from past participle of agitare \"to disturb, agitate \"":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cca-j\u0259-\u02c8t\u00e4-(\u02cc)t\u014d"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-000655",
"type":[
"adverb or adjective"
]
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"agitator":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a device or an apparatus for stirring or shaking":[],
": one that agitates : such as":[],
": one who stirs up public feeling on controversial issues":[
"political agitators"
]
},
"examples":[
"The police arrested several anti-government agitators .",
"a political agitator who led an unsuccessful revolt against the government",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Who wants a self-important, meddling agitator with childish, oversimplistic, unnecessary opinions",
"There are four reporters at the heart of my book, plus one agitator and provocateur. \u2014 Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine , 14 Mar. 2022",
"The tweet originated from the account of Mike Cernovich, a far-right agitator , and described a meeting arranged by Baker, then-general counsel for the FBI, and a top Democratic attorney. \u2014 NBC News , 27 Apr. 2022",
"The ragged labor agitator becomes the shop steward, then the union boss, and the propinquity of the bargaining table supplies the fellow with new best friends. \u2014 David Mamet, National Review , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Tokischa is still an agitator , and a necessary one. \u2014 New York Times , 13 Apr. 2022",
"The most central figure in this matchup might have been Timberwolves guard Patrick Beverley, the relentless defender and ace agitator who spent the last four seasons with the Clippers. \u2014 oregonlive , 12 Apr. 2022",
"The call for crypto support came from Ukraine\u2019s 31-year-old deputy prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, who has been acting as the country\u2019s chief digital agitator , pushing Silicon Valley titans to ban Russia from their platforms and services. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Feb. 2022",
"The designer founder is part-philosopher and part- agitator . \u2014 Steff Yotka, Vogue , 23 Mar. 2022"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1663, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"agitate + -or entry 1":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-j\u0259-\u02cct\u0101-t\u0259r"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"demagogue",
"demagog",
"exciter",
"firebrand",
"fomenter",
"incendiary",
"inciter",
"instigator",
"kindler",
"provocateur",
"rabble-rouser"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200204",
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"agitator feed":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a device consisting of adjustable holes and rotating wheels used to prevent clogging in implements for broadcasting seed or fertilizer":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1900, in the meaning defined above":""
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"A few months after Sandy Hook, the agitprop -documentary-maker Michael Moore, writing in HuffPost, imagined a scenario in which the parents of the victims leaked photographs of the classroom crime scenes to the press. \u2014 Jessica Winter, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
"Establishment eyebrows arched over a streaming radio station in reception and the agitprop collage on the ceiling of a library-lounge furnished with Kilim rugs and books on Eames furniture and environmental justice. \u2014 Andrew Nelson, WSJ , 8 Mar. 2022",
"Last Friday night, then, the delegations marched into Beijing\u2019s arena of agitprop , and the rebels stayed behind the scenes. \u2014 Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone , 11 Feb. 2022",
"But as a solution to the league\u2019s persistent optics problem, the NFL on Nick is like a spoonful of agitprop , coating professional football in sugar and slime. \u2014 Jake Nevins, The Atlantic , 7 Feb. 2022",
"But then the show became a strident piece of agitprop that strained credulity. \u2014 Omid Khazani And Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times , 18 Nov. 2021",
"His tendency to explain it through leftist politics is the same inclination that infects recent inferior literary agitprop such as Between the World and Me, The Underground Railroad, and Citizen: An American Lyric. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 12 Nov. 2021",
"But beyond the hyperbole and agitprop expected from the likes of such NGOs, even seasoned observers of oil markets seem to have taken to media-lynching the Saudis. \u2014 Tilak Doshi, Forbes , 11 Nov. 2021",
"In front of a wall filled with agitprop posters of Malcolm X, Mao Zedong, and Puerto Rican nationalist Lolita Lebr\u00f3n, doctors stuck tiny needles into the ears of a woman going through heroin withdrawal. \u2014 Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed , 25 Oct. 2021"
],
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"1925, in the meaning defined above":""
},
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"borrowed from Russian Agitprop, shortened from Agitacionnopropagandistskij otdel \"Agitation-Propaganda Section (of the Central Committee, or a local committee, of the Communist Party)\"; later used for the head of such a section, or in compound names of political education organs, as agitpropbrigada \"agitation-propaganda brigade\"":""
},
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"\u02c8a-j\u0259t-\u02ccpr\u00e4p"
],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093113",
"type":[
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"noun"
]
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"agitpropist":{
"antonyms":[],
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": an agitprop agent":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1939, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{},
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"\u00a6a-j\u0259t-\u00a6pr\u00e4-pist"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104623",
"type":[
"noun"
]
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": an indoctrination and political propaganda center in the Soviet Union":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1921, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"borrowed from Russian, probably shortened from agitatsionny\u012d punkt , literally, \"agitation center\"":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-j\u0259t-\u02ccpu\u0307\u014b(k)t"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062348",
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"noun"
]
},
"agitating":{
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb":[
"My presence did not appear to agitate or irritate him as before, and he accepted my services quietly \u2026",
"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb"
],
": to discuss excitedly and earnestly":[],
": to stir up public discussion of":[
"\u2026 trying to agitate the old question of the embezzlement of the remains of the Confederate Treasury.",
"\u2014 Robert Penn Warren"
],
": to give motion to":[],
": to move with an irregular, rapid, or violent action":[
"The storm agitated the sea."
],
": to attempt to arouse public feeling":[
"agitated for better schools"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-j\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"churn",
"stir",
"swirl",
"wash",
"whirl"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for agitate shake , agitate , rock , convulse mean to move up and down or to and fro with some violence. shake often carries a further implication of a particular purpose. shake well before using agitate suggests a violent and prolonged tossing or stirring. an ocean agitated by storms rock suggests a swinging or swaying motion resulting from violent impact or upheaval. the whole city was rocked by the explosion convulse suggests a violent pulling or wrenching as of a body in a paroxysm. spectators were convulsed with laughter discompose , disquiet , disturb , perturb , agitate , upset , fluster mean to destroy capacity for collected thought or decisive action. discompose implies some degree of loss of self-control or self-confidence especially through emotional stress. discomposed by the loss of his beloved wife disquiet suggests loss of sense of security or peace of mind. the disquieting news of factories closing disturb implies interference with one's mental processes caused by worry, perplexity, or interruption. the discrepancy in accounts disturbed me perturb implies deep disturbance of mind and emotions. perturbed by her husband's strange behavior agitate suggests obvious external signs of nervous or emotional excitement. in his agitated state we could see he was unable to work upset implies the disturbance of normal or habitual functioning by disappointment, distress, or grief. the family's constant bickering upsets the youngest child fluster suggests bewildered agitation. his declaration of love completely flustered her",
"examples":[
"If I talk about the problem with him it just agitates him even more.",
"Some members of the union have been agitating for a strike.",
"A few local residents have been agitating against a military presence.",
"The mixture is heated and then agitated .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Guided by this principle, Ch\u00e9reau, the legendary French director who died in 2013, used his stage work and films to agitate , wrestle and contend with the mystical relationship between actors and their characters. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
"In both cases, perpetrators agitate the issue by playing off ageist stereotypes, myths and assumptions. \u2014 Sheila Callaham, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Critics say the president and his political allies have used incidents like the 2014 and 2018 anti-Muslim riots and 2019 Easter bombings to stoke old fears and agitate their base. \u2014 Munza Mushtaq, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"The unionization vote followed months of tensions between Raven and Activision Blizzard over recent layoffs and marked the latest effort by workers to agitate for improved workplace conditions at the troubled video game company. \u2014 Rishi Iyengar, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"Ashton Kutcher pushed his audience of millions to agitate for diaper-changing stations in men\u2019s rooms. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, the industry is continuing to agitate for someone else to pay for it all. \u2014 Peter Elkind, ProPublica , 26 May 2022",
"Zhao Lijian, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, said the joint statement was unfairly critical of the Chinese government and seeks to agitate its own internal affairs, Reuters reported. \u2014 Fox News , 1 June 2022",
"Then, use your hands to agitate the hat so that the water and detergent can penetrate its fibers and to dislodge dirt and grime. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English agitat \"set in motion,\" borrowed from Latin agit\u0101tus, past participle of agit\u0101re \"to set in motion, drive before one, arouse, disturb, deal with, turn over in the mind,\" frequentative of agere \"to drive, be in motion, do, perform\" \u2014 more at agent":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":""
": to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb":[
"My presence did not appear to agitate or irritate him as before, and he accepted my services quietly \u2026",
"\u2014 Charlotte Bront\u00eb"
],
": to discuss excitedly and earnestly":[],
": to stir up public discussion of":[
"\u2026 trying to agitate the old question of the embezzlement of the remains of the Confederate Treasury.",
"\u2014 Robert Penn Warren"
],
": to give motion to":[],
": to move with an irregular, rapid, or violent action":[
"The storm agitated the sea."
],
": to attempt to arouse public feeling":[
"agitated for better schools"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8a-j\u0259-\u02cct\u0101t"
],
"synonyms":[
"churn",
"stir",
"swirl",
"wash",
"whirl"
],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for agitate shake , agitate , rock , convulse mean to move up and down or to and fro with some violence. shake often carries a further implication of a particular purpose. shake well before using agitate suggests a violent and prolonged tossing or stirring. an ocean agitated by storms rock suggests a swinging or swaying motion resulting from violent impact or upheaval. the whole city was rocked by the explosion convulse suggests a violent pulling or wrenching as of a body in a paroxysm. spectators were convulsed with laughter discompose , disquiet , disturb , perturb , agitate , upset , fluster mean to destroy capacity for collected thought or decisive action. discompose implies some degree of loss of self-control or self-confidence especially through emotional stress. discomposed by the loss of his beloved wife disquiet suggests loss of sense of security or peace of mind. the disquieting news of factories closing disturb implies interference with one's mental processes caused by worry, perplexity, or interruption. the discrepancy in accounts disturbed me perturb implies deep disturbance of mind and emotions. perturbed by her husband's strange behavior agitate suggests obvious external signs of nervous or emotional excitement. in his agitated state we could see he was unable to work upset implies the disturbance of normal or habitual functioning by disappointment, distress, or grief. the family's constant bickering upsets the youngest child fluster suggests bewildered agitation. his declaration of love completely flustered her",
"examples":[
"If I talk about the problem with him it just agitates him even more.",
"Some members of the union have been agitating for a strike.",
"A few local residents have been agitating against a military presence.",
"The mixture is heated and then agitated .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Guided by this principle, Ch\u00e9reau, the legendary French director who died in 2013, used his stage work and films to agitate , wrestle and contend with the mystical relationship between actors and their characters. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022",
"In both cases, perpetrators agitate the issue by playing off ageist stereotypes, myths and assumptions. \u2014 Sheila Callaham, Forbes , 25 Apr. 2022",
"Critics say the president and his political allies have used incidents like the 2014 and 2018 anti-Muslim riots and 2019 Easter bombings to stoke old fears and agitate their base. \u2014 Munza Mushtaq, The Christian Science Monitor , 16 June 2022",
"The unionization vote followed months of tensions between Raven and Activision Blizzard over recent layoffs and marked the latest effort by workers to agitate for improved workplace conditions at the troubled video game company. \u2014 Rishi Iyengar, CNN , 13 June 2022",
"Ashton Kutcher pushed his audience of millions to agitate for diaper-changing stations in men\u2019s rooms. \u2014 Daniel Engber, The Atlantic , 7 June 2022",
"Meanwhile, the industry is continuing to agitate for someone else to pay for it all. \u2014 Peter Elkind, ProPublica , 26 May 2022",
"Zhao Lijian, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, said the joint statement was unfairly critical of the Chinese government and seeks to agitate its own internal affairs, Reuters reported. \u2014 Fox News , 1 June 2022",
"Then, use your hands to agitate the hat so that the water and detergent can penetrate its fibers and to dislodge dirt and grime. \u2014 Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens , 13 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English agitat \"set in motion,\" borrowed from Latin agit\u0101tus, past participle of agit\u0101re \"to set in motion, drive before one, arouse, disturb, deal with, turn over in the mind,\" frequentative of agere \"to drive, be in motion, do, perform\" \u2014 more at agent":""
},
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