riled up
Stirred to anger
Riled up means agitated, irritated, or stirred to anger.
Someone who gets riled up has had their temper provoked: Don't let his comments get you all riled up.
The phrase can also describe excited energy more broadly: The crowd was riled up before the game.
Rile alone carries the same meaning, but riled up emphasizes the resulting state.
Extremely angry
- irateExtremely angry
- enragedExtremely, intensely provoked
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- seethingIntensely, quietly enraged
incensed · fuming · infuriated · outraged · wrathful · heated · hot-headed · boiling
Incited to action
- baitedEquipped to lure
- antagonizedActively turned against
- tauntedMocked to provoke
- needledPersistently teased or provoked
egged on · spurred · prodded · instigated · inflamed · incited · aggravated · triggered
furious
Extremely angry
seething · incensed · fuming · infuriated · outraged · wrathful · heated · hot-headed · boiling · apoplectic
goaded
Incited to action
- baitedEquipped to lure
- antagonizedActively turned against
- tauntedMocked to provoke
needled · egged on · spurred · prodded · instigated · inflamed · incited · aggravated · triggered · wound up
restless
Unable to be still
jumpy · jittery · flustered · unsettled · perturbed · disturbed · shaken · overwrought · wound up · on edge
pumped
Excitedly eager, energized
- ampedSlang for thrilled
- fired upExtremely enthusiastic and motivated
- stokedExtremely enthusiastic, slang
energized · revved up · hyped · charged · animated · enthusiastic · eager · keyed up · psyched · buzzing
riled upappeased
Satisfied by yielding
pacified · mollified · placated · calmed down · soothed
riled upcomposed
Calm and self-possessed
collected · cool-headed · unflappable · level-headed · even-tempered
uproar, arouse, rile, uproarious, roil, riled, riles, riling