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| Main Entry: |
rile
 [rahyl] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anger, upset |
| Synonyms: | acerbate, aggravate, annoy, bother, bug*, disturb, exasperate, gall, get one's goat, get under skin, grate, inflame, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, put out, roil, rub one the wrong way, try one's patience, vex |
| Antonyms: | make happy, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | angry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being mad, often extremely mad |
| Synonyms: | affronted, annoyed, antagonized, bitter, chafed, choleric, convulsed, cross, displeased, enraged, exacerbated, exasperated, ferocious, fierce, fiery, fuming, furious, galled, hateful, heated, hot, huffy, ill-tempered, impassioned, incensed, indignant, inflamed, infuriated, irascible, irate, ireful, irritable, irritated, maddened, nettled, offended, outraged, piqued, provoked, raging, resentful, riled, sore, splenetic, storming, sulky, sullen, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uptight, vexed, wrathful |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, content, happy, joyful, joyous |
| Main Entry: | annoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate, upset |
| Synonyms: | T-off, abrade, agitate, ask for it, badger, be at, be on the back of, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, burn up, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on, exasperate, fire up, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, heat up, henpeck, hit where one lives, irk, madden, make waves, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, tick off, trouble, turn off, vex, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, gratify, make happy, please, soothe |
Example Sentences
- People get all riled up when they got some negative comments for their posts.
- Whenever tipping in restaurants comes up, readers get riled up.
- Our emotional limbic system seeks homeostasis-it tries to reset to calmer functional defaults when it's been riled up.
| Main Entry: | displease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make unhappy |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, anger, annoy, antagonize, bother, cap, chagrin, cool, curdle, cut to the quick, disappoint, discontent, disgruntle, disgust, disoblige, dissatisfy, enrage, exasperate, fret, frustrate, gall, hurt, incense, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, perplex, pique, play dirty, provoke, put out, repel, revolt, rile, roil, sound, turn off, upset, vex, wing*, worry, zing |
| Antonyms: | appease, calm, compose, delight, humor, make happy, please, satisfy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enrage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make very upset |
| Synonyms: | T-off, aggravate, anger, ask for it, exasperate, get under skin, hack*, incense, incite, inflame, infuriate, ire, irritate, madden, make blood boil, make see red, needle, provoke, rile, steam up, umbrage, whip up |
| Antonyms: | appease, calm, compose, pacify, placate, please, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enraged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | furious |
| Synonyms: | aggravated, angered, angry, boiling, exasperated, fuming, incensed, inflamed, infuriated, irate, livid, mad, pushed too far, riled, upset |
| Main Entry: | exasperate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, provoke |
| Synonyms: | T-off, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, bug*, disturb, drive up the wall, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, excite, gall, get under one's skin, get*, incense, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, madden, make waves, needle, nettle, peeve, pique, rankle, rile, roil, rouse, try the patience of, vex, work up |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, ease, placate, please, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fret |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset someone |
| Synonyms: | abrade, agitate, bother, displease, distress, disturb, gall, get on nerves, goad, harass, irk, irritate, nag, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, rile, ruffle, torment, trouble, vex |
| Antonyms: | appease, pacify, placate, please |
| Main Entry: | gall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, irritate |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, annoy, bedevil, bother, burn, chafe, chide, disturb, exasperate, fret, grate, harass, harry, inflame, irk, nag, peeve, pester, plague, provoke, rile, roil, rub, ruffle, scrape, torment, trouble, vex, worry |
| Antonyms: | cheer, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, make happy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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