riles up
Gets someone agitated
To rile up is to provoke or agitate someone, stirring them to anger or excitement: The coach's speech riled up the team before the game, Don't rile him up—he's already in a bad mood.
The "up" intensifies rile, emphasizing the process of getting someone worked up rather than a momentary irritation.
- rouseStir to wakefulness
- stirMix by circling
- stir upCause to arise
- inciteUrge toward action
- animateGive life to
work up · annoy · vex · provoke · set off · electrify · energize · invigorate · rankle · galvanize · spur · agitate · ruffle feathers · bait · goad · perturb · irk · get a rise out of
social/interpersonal effect
riles upcalms down
Becomes less agitated
de-escalates · pours oil on troubled waters · makes peace · reconciles · unites