noun
1 worry/excitement
ADJECTIVE
▪ acute , extreme
VERB + AGITATION
▪ show
▪
She was trying not to show her ~.
▪ conceal , hide
▪
He could not hide his ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in sb's ~
▪
He knocked his glass over in his ~.
▪ with ~
▪
She was wriggling on the seat with ~.
PHRASES
▪ a feeling of ~ , a state of ~
2 public protest
ADJECTIVE
▪ growing
▪ mass , popular , public
▪ political
VERB + AGITATION
▪ engage in , turn to
▪
The organization is turning to political ~ in order to achieve its aims.
▪ stir up
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
There has been mass ~ against the president.
▪ ~ for
▪
There is growing ~ for reform of local government.