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agitated

Meaning

In a state of excitement or unrest, often with nervousness or anxiety.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The boy was agitated. He paced the floor, wringing his hands. His heart thumped loudly in his chest, and he kept looking at the clock. He was very worried about the test results, feeling a nervous energy he couldn't shake.

The cat was agitated, pacing the tiny room. He’d lost his favorite, crinkly toy mouse under the antique loom. Every squeaky floorboard made him jump. He couldn't settle until it was found.

The lone surveyor paced the dusty ridge, his brow furrowed. He was agitated, checking his compass for the tenth time. The strange rock formations, unlike any he'd cataloged, made him uneasy. He felt a growing unrest, unsure if he'd stumbled upon a rare mineral or something else entirely.

The tiny hamster, Bartholomew, was so agitated. He'd just discovered his favorite sunflower seed was missing, and his whiskers twitched with wild unease. He zoomed around his cage, a furry ball of panicked energy, certain a seed-napping ghost was afoot.

Barnaby the badger, usually calm, was in a state of excitement and unrest. He'd misplaced his lucky acorn and was now very agitated, twitching his nose and pacing his burrow. The thought of a nutless autumn made him anxious, his fur practically vibrating with worry.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

He paced the room, his leg bouncing with each step. The news had just arrived, and he was deeply agitated, his mind racing with every possible outcome. He just couldn't sit still, a nervous energy buzzing through him.

The lighthouse keeper became agitated as the storm intensified, the waves crashing against the rocks with violent force. He paced the narrow catwalk, his breath catching with each gust of wind, fearing the structure wouldn't hold.

The old man's hands trembled, his brow furrowed. He paced the cramped workshop, muttering about dwindling lunar algae shipments. Every creak of the automated scrubber only made him more agitated, his breath coming in shallow bursts. The next harvest was critical.

The squirrel, realizing it had buried its prized acorn in a flower pot on the cat's favorite napping spot, became incredibly agitated. Its tiny paws flailed, and its bushy tail twitched with the sheer, unadulterated panic of impending doom.

Barry the blobfish, usually a picture of gelatinous calm, was incredibly agitated. He'd misplaced his favorite tiny monocle, and the prospect of navigating the coral reef without it, seeing every anemone blurry and indistinct, had him a nervous wreck, twitching his gelatinous appendages with pure, unadulterated anxiety.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

He paced the small room, his hands clasped and unclasped. A tremor ran through his frame, his gaze darting to the door. The wait had clearly left him agitated, a bundle of nerves and restless energy.

The drone pilot’s fingers trembled as he watched the screen; a sudden storm had appeared, a swirling anomaly that threatened his delicate payload. He felt agitated, his stomach churning with worry as the connection flickered, each lost second amplifying his unrest.

The chronometer’s incessant ticking made him agitated. He felt a prickle of unease, a knot forming in his stomach. Every second that crawled by amplified his nervous tension as he awaited the verdict on the genetically modified lichen samples, their fate hanging precariously.

The squirrel, upon realizing its carefully hoarded acorn stash had been pilfered by a remarkably audacious blue jay, became quite agitated. Its tiny tail quivered with indignation, and it chattered furiously, its small, beady eyes darting wildly. It was a portrait of pure, unadulterated nutty outrage.

The contestant paced backstage, feeling intensely agitated. The announcer's voice boomed, and a wave of nervousness washed over him. He just needed to perform, but his mind raced with every possible mistake, leaving him utterly unrest.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The child's countenance became noticeably agitated as the storm's percussive onslaught intensified. He fidgeted incessantly, a palpable tremor rippling through his small frame, the unrest evident in his wide, anxious eyes.

The zoologist, having discovered the first iridescent bioluminescent fungus on Xylos, became utterly agitated. Its faint luminescence pulsed erratically, a disconcerting anomaly in the cavern's perpetual twilight, and the scientist's usual placidity dissolved into a feverish, almost frantic, contemplation of this unprecedented phenomenon.

The cryptographer, perched precariously on the precipice of a data breach, grew increasingly agitated as the chronometer ticked relentlessly. Every missed keystroke, every errant thought, amplified her unrest, a palpable anxiety coiling in her gut as the security parameters wavered.

The rogue squirrel, having pilfered a gargantuan pecan, was so agitated he resembled a tiny, furry caricature of existential dread. He twitched with an almost corporeal fervor, his minuscule brain clearly preoccupied with the ramifications of his impending mastication.

Barnaby, a perpetually flustered lepidopterist, became quite agitated when his prize specimen, a phosphorescent, seven-winged moth rumored to subsist on pure moonlight, vibrated with an unprecedented intensity. Its antennae, usually quiescent, twitched with an almost frenetic verve, suggesting profound internal unrest.

Difficulty

Basic — Common words most learners already know.

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