be riled up

be riled up

To be angry, agitated, or in a frenzied state. Grandpa was riled up as soon as Uncle Ned mentioned the local election. Sarah was really riled up after getting such negative comments during her performance review. Ugh, I'm always riled up when I see that kind of injustice on the news.

See also: rile, up

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be/get (all) ˌriled ˈup

(informal, especially American English) be/get very annoyed about something: Instead of getting all riled up about this, we should try to figure out what to do.

See also: get, rile, up

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