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单词 riley
释义

riley

adjective

ril·​ey ˈrī-lē How to pronounce riley (audio)
1
: turbid
2
: angry

Synonyms

  • angered
  • angry
  • apoplectic
  • ballistic
  • cheesed off [chiefly British]
  • choleric
  • enraged
  • foaming
  • fuming
  • furious
  • hopping
  • horn-mad
  • hot
  • incensed
  • indignant
  • inflamed
  • enflamed
  • infuriate
  • infuriated
  • irate
  • ireful
  • livid
  • mad
  • outraged
  • rabid
  • rankled
  • riled
  • roiled
  • shirty [chiefly British]
  • sore
  • steamed up
  • steaming
  • teed off
  • ticked
  • wrathful
  • wroth
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Example Sentences

some visibly riley people were lined up in the customer service department take care not to stir up the bottom of the stream when you fill the dipper, or your water will be riley

Word History

First Known Use

1805, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Biographical Definition

Riley

biographical name

Ri·​ley ˈrī-lē How to pronounce Riley (audio)
James Whit*comb ˈ(h)wit-kəm How to pronounce Riley (audio) 1849–1916 American poet

riley

adjective

1
as in angry
feeling or showing anger some visibly riley people were lined up in the customer service department

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • angry
  • mad
  • enraged
  • ballistic
  • indignant
  • infuriated
  • furious
  • outraged
  • angered
  • infuriate
  • hot
  • sore
  • annoyed
  • rabid
  • blue in the face
  • irritable
  • hopping mad
  • hot under the collar
  • irate
  • cheesed off
  • going crook
  • steaming
  • steamed up
  • passionate
  • incensed
  • livid
  • riled
  • foaming
  • ticked
  • hopping
  • bent out of shape
  • fuming
  • choleric
  • apoplectic
  • fit to be tied
  • inflamed
  • wrathful
  • in a huff
  • in a fume
  • shirty
  • horn-mad
  • enflamed
  • rankled
  • exasperated
  • aggravated
  • roiled
  • in a pet
  • cross
  • ireful
  • teed off
  • wroth
  • raving
  • huffy
  • sulky
  • boiling
  • ranting
  • worked up
  • stormy
  • vindictive
  • grumpy
  • spiteful
  • put out
  • burning
  • embittered
  • resentful
  • seething
  • bristling
  • smoldering
  • grouchy
  • antisocial
  • bristly
  • petulant
  • vengeful
  • malevolent
  • icy
  • disagreeable
  • virulent
  • cold
  • antagonistic
  • sorehead
  • peevish
  • sizzling
  • snappish
  • unpleasant
  • ornery
  • irascible
  • piqued
  • perturbed
  • fretful
  • frigid
  • distant
  • unfriendly
  • soreheaded
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • belligerent
  • disapproving
  • bitter
  • cantankerous
  • antipathetic
  • touchy
  • cool
  • smouldering
  • querulous
  • inimical
  • churlish
  • acrid
  • inflammable
  • pugnacious
  • acrimonious
  • fussy
  • dyspeptic
  • testy
  • bilious
  • rancorous
  • vitriolic
  • wrought (up)
  • ill-tempered
  • quarrelsome
  • contrary
  • argumentative
  • ill-humored
  • contentious
  • bearish
  • disputatious
  • quick-tempered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • accepting
  • delighted
  • pleased
  • angerless
  • happy
  • friendly
  • amenable
  • content
  • agreeable
  • accommodating
  • complaisant
  • sweet
  • cordial
  • satisfied
  • sympathetic
  • pacific
  • calm
  • amicable
  • obliging
  • serene
  • placid
  • tolerant
  • understanding
  • unembittered
  • tranquil
  • empathetic
  • kind
  • peaceable
  • pleasant
  • amiable
  • easygoing
  • affable
  • genial
  • good-natured
  • good-tempered
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2
as in muddy
having visible particles in liquid suspension take care not to stir up the bottom of the stream when you fill the dipper, or your water will be riley

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • muddy
  • muddied
  • cloudy
  • turbid
  • dingy
  • muddled
  • murky
  • puddled
  • inky
  • unfiltered
  • hazy
  • roiled
  • scummy
  • filmy
  • sludgy
  • opaque

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • clear
  • crystalline
  • crystal clear
  • filtered
  • purified
  • transparent
  • colorless
  • clarified
  • uncolored
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