riles
Gets someone's goat
Riles is the third-person singular of rile, meaning to irritate or annoy: It really riles me when people cut in line.
The word suggests a simmering aggravation rather than explosive anger.
Rile up intensifies the effect, implying someone has been deliberately provoked: The speech riled up the crowd.
infuriates
Makes extremely angry
maddens · outrages · inflames · provokes · aggravates · exasperates · irritates · annoys · vexes · irks
goads
Prods to action
antagonizes · agitates · stirs · incites · spurs · prods · winds up · gets to · gets under skin · rubs wrong way