agitate against

To provoke or encourage negative feelings or opinions about someone or something; to protest something. The protesters are agitating against the company's unfair working conditions.

agitate against someone or something

to stir up active dissatisfaction about someone or something. The students were agitating against the closing of the old cafeteria.

agitate against

To stir up public opposition to some cause or issue: The students in front of the administration building were agitating against the increase in tuition.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jalo	YAH-lo	Finnish
Kallistos	-	Ancient Greek
Chavdar	-	Bulgarian
Rita	['ri:tə]
Tudor (2)	-	Romanian
Heraclius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)