Agitation
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ADO
A rapid active commotion

FIT
The manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat"

JAR
A vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles

ROW
The act of rowing as a sport

TIC
A local and habitual twitching especially in the face

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FLAP
Any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely; "he wrote on the flap of the envelope"

ZEAL
Prompt willingness; "readiness to continue discussions"; "they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"; "they disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"; "he tried to explain his forwardness in battle"

TODO

ROUT
An overwhelming defeat

MOIL
Moisten or soil; "Her tears moiled the letter"

RAGE
An interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"

ROIL
Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

HEAT
Utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"

FUME
Be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face

FURY
The property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"

FUSS
A rapid active commotion

CLAP
A sudden very loud noise

BOIL
The temperature at which a liquid boils at sea level; "they brought the water to a boil"

CARE
Attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"

EDDY
Founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910)

FEAR
An anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

SNIT
A state of agitated irritation; "he was in a snit"

STIR
A rapid active commotion

STEW
Food prepared by stewing especially meat or fish with vegetables

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WORRY
Touch or rub constantly; "The old man worried his beads"

SWIRL
Flow in a circular current, of liquids

SWEAT
Use of physical or mental energy; hard work; "he got an A for effort"; "they managed only with great exertion"

STORM
A direct and violent assault on a stronghold

SPASM
(pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)

SPURT
Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

SHAKE
Undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes"

FUROR
A sudden outburst (as of protest)

HURRY
The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

PANIC
Be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away"

QUALM
Uneasiness about the fitness of an action

FEVER
Intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment"

BURST
The act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

CHURN
A vessel in which cream is agitated to separate butterfat from buttermilk

CHAOS
(physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions

DREAD
Fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

BROIL
Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

ANGST
An acute but unspecific feeling of anxiety; usually reserved for philosophical anxiety about the world or about personal freedom

BRAWL
A noisy fight in a crowd

UPSET
An improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"

WHIRL
Confused movement; "he was caught up in a whirl of work"; "a commotion of people fought for the exits"

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CREEPS
A feeling of fear and revulsion; "he gives me the creeps"

VORTEX
A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)

UPROAR
A state of commotion and noise and confusion

STRAIN
The act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"

TUMULT
Violent agitation

SHIVER
A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

RIPPLE
A small wave on the surface of a liquid

RUCKUS
The act of making a noisy disturbance

RUFFLE
A noisy fight

RUMPUS
The act of making a noisy disturbance

POTHER
An excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"

PUCKET

RACKET
An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

NERVES
Control of your emotions; "this kind of tension is not good for my nerves"

HUBBUB
Loud confused noise from many sources

LATHER
The foam resulting from excessive sweating (as on a horse)

MOTION
The act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

FURORE
A sudden outburst (as of protest)

FLURRY
Cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

FOMENT
Try to stir up public opinion

FIRING
The act of discharging a gun

BOTHER
Make confused or perplexed or puzzled

BUSTLE
A rapid active commotion

DISMAY
Fear resulting from the awareness of danger

DITHER
An excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there was a terrible flap about the theft"

FRENZY
State of violent mental agitation

UNREST
A state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"

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TURMOIL
Disturbance usually in protest

FERMENT
A state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"

FLUTTER
The act of moving back and forth

UNQUIET
Characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning"

TILLAGE
The cultivation of soil for raising crops

TROUBLE
An effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"

TWITTER
A series of chirps

TENSION
The physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body"

RAMPAGE
Violently angry and destructive behavior

SHAKING
The act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements

SHIVERS

TEMPEST
(literary) a violent wind; "a tempest swept over the island"

QUAKING

JITTERS
Extreme nervousness

PEPTALK
A speech of exhortation attempting to instill enthusiasm and determination in a team or staff

PASSION
The trait of being intensely emotional

MALAISE
Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression)

JIMJAMS

FIDGETS

FLUSTER
Cause to be nervous or upset

CONCERN
Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"

ANXIETY
A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune

AROUSAL
The act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions"

BLUSTER
A swaggering show of courage

BOILING
Cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil

TURMOIL

8 letters

UPHEAVAL
Disturbance usually in protest

9 letters

KERFUFFLE
A disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"