as in angry
feeling or showing anger
the woman was obviously riled, as she kept throwing things
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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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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
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
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
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However, what violent extremists perceive as a tacit nod of approval — based on Trump’s own violent rhetoric — could lead to a surge in domestic terrorism in a country that remains anxious, angry and well-armed.Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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But his future was in question after the party suffered its worst election defeat in more than a decade, losing support from voters angry about corruption scandals and the rising cost of living.Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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An engineer at the company, Charlie Ward, was annoyed with Amazon’s Super Saving Shipping service, which offered customers free shipping if their order was $25 or more.Brian Solis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
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Someone eating off my plate definitely annoyed me in most situations, but this felt different.Jodie Platt, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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The trip to Moscow angered EU and NATO leaders, and Jens Stoltenberg, then the secretary general of the transatlantic defense alliance, said Orbán's visit did not represent the bloc or its Ukraine policies.Ibrahim Aksoy, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
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The bill has angered the French left, who view it as a means of appeasing far-right lawmakers in parliament.Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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They cannot be bothered with solving the day-to-day needs-to-survive of their charges.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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What really bothered me wasn't so much losing my job, but that BorgWarner continued to do business in Russia while I was being held prisoner there.CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
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Others enraged by Bobba’s comments targeted the founders online — a response Liu has since condemned.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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And that has enraged the country.NBC News, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
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Many Disney employees were outraged by the bill, and because the company’s largest theme park is based in the state, there was massive internal pressure on then-CEO Bob Chapek to speak out against it.Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
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Vance is equally fluent in the language of the national élite, and therefore knows how to get the national media to cover his crazy theories, and how to get national people outraged by them.David Fontana, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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Lucas was shocked and hurt that his generous offers kept being rebuffed; the people who organized against him were indignant that a billionaire could be so cavalier about their public land.Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
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Asked by The Times in 2011 to compare himself to Kanye West (now known as Ye), Jones seemed indignant.Steve Marble, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The sight of a covey of desert quail fills me with a mad, superhuman strength.Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
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Then, like clockwork, a bunch of Democrats got mad.Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Riled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riled. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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