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
• wrathful
• hot
• hot under the collar
• in a huff
• fit to be tied
• steaming
• choleric
• blue in the face
• hopping mad
• roiled
• shirty
• ticked
• wroth
• ireful
• bent out of shape
• exasperated
• in a pet
• foaming
• in a fume
• aggravated
• hopping
• cheesed off
• going crook
• seething
• boiling
• horn-mad
• bristling
• steamed up
• resentful
• embittered
• riley
• ranting
• huffy
• vindictive
• cross
• antagonistic
• teed off
• virulent
• rancorous
• spiteful
• unpleasant
• vitriolic
• wrought (up)
• perturbed
• acrimonious
• vengeful
• disagreeable
• sulky
• worked up
• burning
• antipathetic
• malevolent
• bristly
• sizzling
• fretful
• raving
• inimical
• piqued
• smoldering
• peevish
• stormy
• snappish
• petulant
• unfriendly
• irascible
• touchy
• testy
• grumpy
• cantankerous
• belligerent
• churlish
• acrid
• bilious
• distant
• antisocial
• disapproving
• pugnacious
• bitter
• grouchy
• ornery
• icy
• cranky
• frigid
• cold
• 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
• grated
• provoked
• itched
• narked
• galled
• burned (up)
• teased
• got to
• rasped
• insulted
• wore on
• plagued
• frosted
• put out
• hacked (off)
• upset
• spited
• enraged
• roused
• offended
• harassed
• rubbed the wrong way
• incensed
• stuck in one's craw
• nagged
• got on one's nerves
• heckled
• hassled
• got one's goat
• rankled
• agitated
• 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

In any case, the epilogue sticks the landing and allows audiences to leave the theater feeling riled up rather than hopeless. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026

The Aaron Rodgers segment on ESPN got folks on both sides of the Anthony Fauci debate quite riled up on Monday. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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

Sydney Sweeney has riled up some leading female athletes with her risqué ad campaign for Novig, the sports betting platform. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Township officials accused me of a power grab and riled up the local township boards, which came out en masse. — Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

And while enough baseball (and IL time) has happened since then to dim Mayer’s star considerably, there’s enough promise left in him to get Law riled up about the trade. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Offseason inaction on the pitching side already riled folks up, though … and methinks alleviating that angst will require something more adventurous. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 29 July 2026

This riled up the Kremlin, which works to create a perception of total support for Putin among the voting public. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 17 July 2026

Its reporting angered not only other Arab leaders, sometimes to the point of diplomatic rupture, but also riled Washington. — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 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