riling
Getting someone mad
Riling is stirring up anger or irritation in someone.
The word comes from roil, meaning to disturb or agitate—as sediment riles up from a riverbed when disturbed.
Stop riling him up.
Her constant interruptions were riling everyone in the meeting.
Something riling gets under your skin.
Inciting through persistent pressure
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
- baitingDeliberately trying to provoke
- incitingUrging others to act
- instigatingPrompting action to begin
prodding · egging on · stirring up · agitating · antagonizing · needling · poking · jabbing
Causing mild irritation
- vexingCausing mild torment
- exasperatingIntensely irritating
- irksomeCausing mild frustration
- gallingIntensely annoying or humiliating
nettlesome · bothersome · grating · aggravating · pestering · needling · getting under skin · rankling
Intense, violent anger
infuriating · seething · livid · outrage · incensing · enraging · maddening · antagonizing
Arousing strong emotion
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- disturbingCausing mental unease
- rousingExciting strong feeling
- fomentingActively stirring up discord
whipping up · exciting · inflaming · disquieting · perturbing · rattling · shaking up · destabilizing
goading
Inciting through persistent pressure
instigating · prodding · egging on · stirring up · agitating · antagonizing · needling · poking · jabbing · pushing buttons
annoying
Causing mild irritation
- vexingCausing mild torment
- exasperatingIntensely irritating
- irksomeCausing mild frustration
galling · nettlesome · bothersome · grating · aggravating · pestering · needling · getting under skin · rankling · chafing
rage
Intense, violent anger
temper · infuriating · seething · livid · outrage · incensing · enraging · maddening · antagonizing · provoking
stirring
Arousing strong emotion
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- disturbingCausing mental unease
- rousingExciting strong feeling
fomenting · whipping up · exciting · inflaming · disquieting · perturbing · rattling · shaking up · destabilizing · unnerving
- incitementinciting, instigating, provoking, incitement, instigation
- offendinginsulting, offending, disrespecting, affronting, slighting
- persuadingpersuading, convincing, urging, coaxing, influencing
rilingsoothing
Reducing distress or discomfort
calming · pacifying · tranquilizing · relaxing · mollifying
rilingappeasing
Pacifying through concessions
placating · conciliating · mollifying · soothing · assuaging
rilingpleasing
Causing enjoyment or satisfaction
delighting · gratifying · satisfying · charming · amusing
- riling upInciting anger deliberately