as in angry
feeling or showing anger
the woman was obviously riled, as she kept throwing things
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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
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2
as in infuriated
to make angry
her husband isn't easily riled, but once he is, he stays that way for days
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Recent Examples of riled
Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Reddit Reacts Many users have been riled up by the situation and have sided with the mom.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Zach Bryan stopped a concert Saturday night after a fan riled him up at his Washington show.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
During a recent episode of the beloved game show, a ruling had viewers riled up over the mispronunciation of an answer.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
Later, he’ll get riled up and turn nasty, at which point his bias starts to affect our perception of things.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
Conservatives either get riled by Martin or pay her no mind.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
Brockman’s behavior riled staffers on those teams, with Murati often brought in to either try to rein in Brockman or soothe bruised egos, sources said.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
Verb
The shelter’s presence also riled New Yorkers who used the athletic fields the tents were built on.
—Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Reddit Reacts Many users have been riled up by the situation and have sided with the mom.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Zach Bryan stopped a concert Saturday night after a fan riled him up at his Washington show.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
During a recent episode of the beloved game show, a ruling had viewers riled up over the mispronunciation of an answer.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2024
Later, he’ll get riled up and turn nasty, at which point his bias starts to affect our perception of things.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
Conservatives either get riled by Martin or pay her no mind.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
Brockman’s behavior riled staffers on those teams, with Murati often brought in to either try to rein in Brockman or soothe bruised egos, sources said.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for riled
Adjective
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Abby’s Motivations – Last night, players saw that the show was saying right away that Abby was a Firefly and was angry at Joel for all his murders at the hospital, decimating the entire organization.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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His angry toss of the rosin bag to a spot several feet from the pitcher’s mound during Sunday’s game was an indication of his disappointment.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Not seeing his name on the list should have annoyed him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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While typically a crowd at a concert might have been annoyed that the performer stopped the show to have a chat with a fan, the audience couldn’t have been more supportive and receptive.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.—
Elizabeth Lopatto,
The Verge,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
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The policy outraged customers as going-out-of-business sales continue and some argued there was little notice to redeem their store value.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And the prime minister of Greenland, Mute B. Egede, said in an indignant statement that there would be no meetings between U.S. officials and Greenland’s government.—
Tim Balk,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The album’s a masterpiece of circulatory funk that works your body but whose indignant resignation and few hopeful embers also break your heart.—
Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Anyone who is mad about that needs to look at life from a higher perspective.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Biggest of thanks to Sana, Brad, Kevin, Lou, Aaron, Justin, Charlie, Vincent, Deb, Jon and the whole mad circus.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Riled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riled. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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