Agitation and Placidity

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Agitation noun - A state of wildly excited activity or emotion.

Usage example: knew immediately, from the horses' agitation, that something terrible was happening

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Placidity is an antonym for agitation.

Placidity noun - Evenness of emotions or temper.

Usage example: his evident lack of placidity makes him poorly suited for such a stressful job

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Agitation is an antonym for placidity in topics: calm, stillness.

Nearby Words: placid, placidly

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