Hate a man to be getting agitated about independence (9)
I believe the answer is:
abominate
'hate' is the definition.
(abominating is a kind of hating)
'a man to be getting agitated about independence' is the wordplay.
'getting agitated' is an anagram indicator.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'independence' becomes 'i'.
'a'+'man'+'to'+'be'='amantobe'
'amantobe' anagrammed gives 'abomnate'.
'abomnate' going around 'i' is 'ABOMINATE'.
(Other definitions for abominate that I've seen before include "Loathe, find hateful" , "Condemn" , "Be revolted by" , "Hate" , "Dislike deeply" .)