Anger vs. Rile — What's the Difference?

Anger, also known as wrath or rage, is an intense emotional state involving a strong uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to a perceived provocation, hurt or threat.A person experiencing anger will often experience physical effects, such as increased heart rate, elevated blood pressure, and increased levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Some view anger as an emotion which triggers part of the fight or flight response.

To anger or irritate.

A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility

To stir up (liquid); roil. See Usage Note at roil.

Fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in

To stir or move from a state of calm or order.

A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility.

(in particular) To make angry.

To make angry; enrage or provoke.

To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.

To become angry

To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex.

A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, or threat.

Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;

(obsolete) Pain or stinging.

Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.

(intransitive) To become angry.

Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.

A strong passion or emotion of displeasure or antagonism, excited by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or others, or by the intent to do such injury.

To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame.

To excite to anger; to enrage; to provoke.

A strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

The state of being angry

Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Make angry;

Become angry;