riled
- adjective
- /raɪld/
- Informal
- He felt riled when he overheard the unfair comments about his work.
And people are riled up in the comments as if it's real.
- And people are riled up in the comments as if it's real.
- OK, what I've had it with, And it is twofold and I'm riled up about it.
- But obviously, now that they're all riled up about it, I have to go see it.
- Getting too riled up on the count of hypocrisy.
- And if you thought that cream bronzers got me all riled up, wait till I start talking about cream blush.
- Well, so in Harvard's defence, what, what gets them riled up is when I get misinterpreted by mainstream media.
- And it's because we have a lot of people here who are immensely riled up whenever the Jews fight and they're particularly riled up when the Jews win.
- And we can, you know, easily cause other people pain, get them riled up 'cause all sorts of of issues to arise.
- He came out, somebody had said, your father just got hit and he came in and he was very, very riled up.
Examples
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And, and you need to be specific around something that gets you all riled up and excited.
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But I had an interesting conversation recently where it kind of got me riled up because biases still do exist.
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And the biggest thing that they're riled up about right now is the Olympics.
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The issue is don't get riled up with any emotion without paying the bill.
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Correct, and I don't mind saying I'm considerable riled because you got here so late, and I hear tell you been doing this quite often.
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He couldn't understand why Diane seemed so riled.
Fiction book (1995) -
She was riled by the constant noise coming from the construction site next door.
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The coach was riled after the team's poor performance during the last match.
Synonyms
Feeling very annoyed or upset
Very angry and ready to shout or complain
Very angry or annoyed
Feeling a little angry or bothered by something small
Unhappy and annoyed because you feel unfairly treated or disappointed
Feeling annoyed or a little angry because something keeps bothering you
Feeling very angry and shocked because something seems unfair
Very angry and showing it
Very angry and hard to calm
Annoyed or a little angry about something small
Slightly annoyed because someone was rude or unfair
Feeling angry or annoyed about something
Feeling hurt because someone said or did something rude
Feeling very angry or annoyed
Feeling very angry because someone treated you unfairly
Feeling annoyed or slightly angry at something
Feeling upset, worried, or slightly annoyed by something
Feeling hurt and angry because someone treated you badly
Feeling angry because someone on purpose annoyed you
Feeling more angry or annoyed because of something
Feeling very angry or annoyed
Angry and upset because something caused trouble
Feeling very furious because someone did something unfair or rude
Very angry and acting out of control
Very angry and likely to act violently
Very angry because of something unfair or wrong
Feeling very angry and upset
Feeling very angry and showing it
Feeling very angry and annoyed
Antonyms
How Annoyed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Riled comes from an older word like roil, which is like the simple English word 'stir' and once meant 'to stir up' or 'make water muddy'. That's why being riled means your feelings are 'stirred up'—you feel annoyed or angry.