riling up
Getting someone angry
Riling up means provoking someone to anger or agitation, or stirring a group into an excited, often hostile state.
You can rile up a crowd, rile up your siblings, or get riled up yourself: The coach's speech riled up the team.
The "up" intensifies—plain "rile" works but sounds slightly more subdued.
- getting a riseProvoking an emotional response
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
- hot under the collarAngry and flustered
- uproarNoisy public disturbance
- incitementProvoking unlawful behavior
mobbing · mob mentality · provocation · rallying · discord · anger · outrage · reaction · instigation · conflict · resentment · fury · excitement · working up · goading · frustration · rabble-rousing · fanning the flames
- incitementinciting, instigating, provoking, incitement, instigation
emotional agitation
riling upcalming down
Becoming less agitated
soothing · pacifying · tranquilizing · placating · mollifying
social/group energy
riling upcalming down
Becoming less agitated
defusing · quelling · subduing · pacifying · de-escalating