Synonyms of riled

riled 1 of 2

adjective

as in angry

feeling or showing anger

the woman was obviously riled, as she kept throwing things

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angry
• enraged
• infuriated
• angered
• outraged
• indignant
• mad
• furious
• infuriate
• ballistic
• incensed
• irate
• annoyed
• rabid
• passionate
• sore
• inflamed
• apoplectic
• livid
• fuming
• irritable
• rankled
• hot
• wrathful
• hot under the collar
• in a huff
• fit to be tied
• steaming
• choleric
• blue in the face
• hopping mad
• roiled
• ticked
• shirty
• wroth
• ireful
• exasperated
• bent out of shape
• aggravated
• foaming
• in a pet
• in a fume
• hopping
• cheesed off
• going crook
• seething
• boiling
• bristling
• horn-mad
• steamed up
• resentful
• embittered
• riley
• ranting
• huffy
• vindictive
• cross
• antagonistic
• teed off
• virulent
• unpleasant
• rancorous
• spiteful
• vitriolic
• wrought (up)
• perturbed
• acrimonious
• vengeful
• disagreeable
• sulky
• burning
• worked up
• antipathetic
• malevolent
• bristly
• sizzling
• fretful
• raving
• inimical
• smoldering
• piqued
• peevish
• stormy
• snappish
• petulant
• unfriendly
• irascible
• touchy
• testy
• grumpy
• cantankerous
• belligerent
• churlish
• acrid
• distant
• bilious
• disapproving
• antisocial
• bitter
• pugnacious
• grouchy
• icy
• ornery
• cold
• frigid
• cranky
• inflammable
• dyspeptic
• querulous
• contentious
• quarrelsome
• crabby
• ill-tempered
• fussy
• cool
• sorehead
• disputatious
• contrary
• argumentative
• ill-humored
• bearish
• quick-tempered
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleased
• delighted
• accepting
• agreeable
• amenable
• accommodating
• friendly
• happy
• sympathetic
• satisfied
• complaisant
• cordial
• amicable
• obliging
• content
• calm
• tolerant
• angerless
• empathetic
• pleasant
• understanding
• peaceable
• placid
• kind
• sweet
• amiable
• good-natured
• serene
• tranquil
• pacific
• affable
• easygoing
• genial
• unembittered
• good-tempered

riled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of rile

1

as in annoyed

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

one sure way to rile me is to keep yelling for me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• annoyed
• bothered
• irritated
• bugged
• persecuted
• got
• aggravated
• irked
• infuriated
• angered
• exasperated
• nettled
• peeved
• vexed
• worried
• ruffled
• piqued
• griped
• ate
• chafed
• provoked
• grated
• itched
• narked
• galled
• burned (up)
• teased
• got to
• insulted
• rasped
• plagued
• wore on
• frosted
• put out
• upset
• hacked (off)
• enraged
• spited
• roused
• offended
• harassed
• rubbed the wrong way
• incensed
• nagged
• stuck in one's craw
• got on one's nerves
• heckled
• hassled
• got one's goat
• agitated
• rankled
• badgered
• set one's teeth on edge
• inflamed
• antagonized
• outraged
• unsettled
• pestered
• roiled
• perturbed
• harried
• disquieted
• miffed
• maddened
• baited
• affronted
• distressed
• unhinged
• deviled
• discomposed
• exercised
• discomforted
• fretted
• bullyragged
• undid
• freaked (out)
• hagrode

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• obliged
• appeased
• mollified
• pacified
• pleased
• delighted
• gratified
• satisfied
• placated
• assured
• cheered
• propitiated
• conciliated
• reassured
• quieted
• comforted
• soothed
• contented
• consoled
• gladdened
• solaced

2

as in infuriated

to make angry

her husband isn't easily riled, but once he is, he stays that way for days

Synonyms & Similar Words

• infuriated
• angered
• enraged
• annoyed
• outraged
• irritated
• incensed
• rankled
• offended
• roiled
• inflamed
• maddened
• provoked
• ired
• aggravated
• steamed up
• ticked off
• exasperated
• miffed
• madded
• nettled
• affronted
• peeved
• vexed
• ruffled
• huffed
• piqued
• rubbed the wrong way
• crossed
• got
• antagonized
• burned (up)
• got one's goat
• embittered
• put out
• envenomed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleased
• delighted
• gratified
• relieved
• soothed
• comforted
• allayed
• assuaged
• consoled
• appeased
• calmed
• settled
• quieted
• mollified
• pacified
• lulled
• captivated
• charmed
• placated
• disarmed
• enchanted
• beguiled
• bewitched
• conciliated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of riled

Adjective

Jacobs, at least in the movie, never gets riled or angry or stressed. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026

The more people tell them to pipe down, the more riled up Kizzi and Joe get. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026

They’re aided by a small team of assistants who double as dogsitters when Siwa’s poodle Clyde gets too riled up in the dance studio — he’s been known to nip the ankles of men. — Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025

Verb

Amid ramping tensions as federal immigration enforcement officers riled the Chicago area, a Lake County fashion student created an award-winning collection drawing from her family’s immigrant roots. — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

Water use, electricity costs and more have riled up large portions of the electorate. — Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 24 June 2026

That’s the only explicable reason for Australians to be riled up by comments from a guy most American fans can’t pick out of a lineup, whose most productive season came for a club literally named the Rough Riders. — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

After New York pulled off a 29-point comeback against the Spurs at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, June 10, riled up fans flocked to the San Antonio team's New York City hotel, where Wembanyama was met with boos and nearly pelted with eggs. — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026

The issue has riled the pharmaceutical industry and contributed to a long-standing clash with hospitals over the 340B drug discount program. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 1 June 2026

Even when The Breadwinner starts to tiptoe toward potential reactionary ideas about who belongs in the workplace and who belongs at home, the movie backs off and makes sure that no leaves the theater riled up. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026

New York — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has a net worth estimated at roughly $200 billion, was recently asked about California’s wealth tax proposal that has some billionaires riled up. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 May 2026

Boldy returned to action with the second line for the second period — drawing a roar from the crowd that was riled up about the officiating throughout the first period — and assisted on a goal that tied it at 2. — CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026