riled
Got someone's goat
Riled means irritated or agitated, worked up into a state of annoyance: Don't get him riled—he's got a temper.
The word comes from roil, meaning to stir up or disturb.
To rile someone is to provoke them: She knew exactly how to rile her brother.
Riled up intensifies the sense of agitation.
Extremely, intensely provoked
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- incensedExtremely angry
- seethingIntensely, quietly enraged
- fumingExtremely angry, visibly so
irate · infuriated · outraged · wrathful · indignant · apoplectic · boiling · steamed
Mildly vexed
- peevedSlightly irritated
- vexedAnnoyed or much-debated
- nettledAnnoyed or provoked
- botheredAnnoyed or disturbed
irked · exasperated · aggravated · galled · chafed · frustrated · testy · tetchy
enraged
Extremely, intensely provoked
fuming · irate · infuriated · outraged · wrathful · indignant · apoplectic · boiling · steamed · heated
annoyed
Mildly vexed
bothered · irked · exasperated · aggravated · galled · chafed · frustrated · testy · tetchy · cranky
goaded
Incited to action
- baitedEquipped to lure
- tauntedMocked to provoke
- antagonizedActively turned against
needled · prodded · spurred · incited · stirred · roused · inflamed · triggered · stoked · wound-up
restless
Unable to be still
- worked-upEmotionally overwrought
- wound-upNervously tense, overwrought
- flusteredNervously upset and confused
unsettled · overwrought · frazzled · keyed-up · on-edge · rattled · disturbed · perturbed · troubled · shaken