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as in angry
feeling or showing anger the woman was obviously riled, as she kept throwing things

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riled

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verb

past tense of rile
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Recent Examples of riled
Verb
The locals, especially seniors and year-round residents, are riled up. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2025 Manager Mikel Arteta was riled up after Newcastle slowed play down in a January 2023 draw (0-0). Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025 Getting rid of the tush push will not stop the issue everyone is riled up about. Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025 That’s because Kirk was beloved by so many gun owners, Martin said, and his death has riled them beyond the point where they could be suppressed. Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 14 Sep. 2025 What particularly riled Kiley this week was that Schiff didn’t stop there. David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Like the Bull, Detective Williams gets riled up and sees red when pushed to the limit. Lisa Stardust, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025 The chain’s loyalists were already riled up over a dramatic makeover of the menu and the country feel of the restaurants to appeal to more diners. Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025 Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was also riled up over the docu. Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for riled
Adjective
  • Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • An angry cowboy named Jake once slammed a guest’s door and locked it.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In practice, Musk bowed to authoritarian governments or banned critical journalists when their reporting annoyed him.
    Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Christian is annoyed by Max’s temporary tyranny and overall seems … normal.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The proposal has run into challenges, including far-right ministers in Israel being infuriated that the plan would let Palestinians stay in Gaza and not forcibly displaced.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The trip infuriated China, which tells other countries to avoid official engagements with Taiwan, and triggered massive Chinese military exercises in waters and airspace around the island.
    Reuters, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Mistaken as the murderer, Mary is stoned and buried alive in a shallow grave by the enraged townspeople.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The defense attorney, Michael Caesar, told jurors that Bragg became enraged after Gladney outed him as a gay man, and sought revenge.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The decision by Aaron Turner, Kuminga’s agent, to go on a media tour in recent weeks while negotiating publicly in hopes of landing a better offer for Kuminga, irritated some with the organization, according to league sources.
    Nick Friedell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • And the web designer from South Dakota certainly must have irritated her former final two ally Vince Panaro on her way out of the Big Brother house.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Visits by previous prime ministers have angered neighboring countries and proven to be a flashpoint for Japan and China.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Comments the host made after the murder of right wing activist and influencer Charlie Kirk angered MAGA supporters and saw the nation’s largest station group, Nexstar – which has its own mega merger up for review at the FCC – preempt the late night staple.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Exidy fielded letters from outraged people who had never played Death Race but associated video games with violence in popular entertainment.
    Time, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
  • But what has shocked and outraged many is not only the brutality of the crime, but court documents revealing Dickey’s 39 arrests, and 25 felony charges before Logan’s murder.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But Bob Say, owner of Los Angeles’ Freakbeat Records, for one, isn’t all that bothered.
    Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The clutter bothered Counsell during his first year on the job.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Riled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riled. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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