agitation
n 1: a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
2: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development:
"the political ferment produced a new leadership"; "social
unrest" [syn: {ferment}, {fermentation}, {unrest}]
3: the feeling of being agitated; not calm [ant: {calmness}]
4: disturbance usually in protest [syn: {excitement}, {turmoil},
{upheaval}, {hullabaloo}]
5: the act of agitating something; causing it to move around
(usually vigorously)