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

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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

Rather than being riled into playing at a higher level, Spain sunk into self-pity mode. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 18 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

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