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| churn |
to beat or agitate in a churn to make butter. [2/6 definitions] |
| convulse |
to throw into turmoil; agitate. [1/3 definitions] |
| discompose |
to upset the composure of; perturb; agitate. [1/2 definitions] |
| exercise |
to disturb or agitate. [1/10 definitions] |
| fan1 |
to stir up or agitate with or as though with a fan. [1/7 definitions] |
| ferment |
to upset, inflame, or agitate. [1/8 definitions] |
| flutter |
to cause to flutter; wave, beat, or agitate. [1/9 definitions] |
| fret1 |
to agitate the surface of (water). [1/8 definitions] |
| instigate |
to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment. |
| perturb |
to cause great disturbance in (the mind); agitate or worry. [1/3 definitions] |
| race-baiting |
engaging in verbal abuse of members of another race, esp. in front of a group of people of one's own race in order to agitate and sway. |
| roil |
to disturb or anger; agitate. [1/3 definitions] |
| ruffle |
to disturb the smoothness or evenness of; agitate or ripple. [1/9 definitions] |
| shake |
to upset; agitate; disturb. [1/16 definitions] |
| shock1 |
to agitate suddenly, causing intense surprise, dismay, disgust, or the like. [1/9 definitions] |
| stir1 |
to agitate or mix (a liquid) by making circular motions with a hand or object. [1/10 definitions] |
| thresher |
any of various large sharks that have tails with a large upper lobe with which they allegedly agitate the water to drive smaller fish together to be preyed upon. [1/2 definitions] |
| torment |
to agitate, annoy, or pester. [1/4 definitions] |
| trouble |
to disturb the calmness of; agitate. [1/14 definitions] |
| unsettle |
to agitate or disturb the mind or emotions of; make uneasy, uncertain, or the like; upset. [1/3 definitions] |
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