The Clue
Fit to be tied (5 letter answer)
The Answer
RILED
Tags
Notes
The answer RILED is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
Related Clues
Agitated
Angry
Hot
Irate
Irked
Irritated
Mad
Miffed
Piqued
Ruffled
In a snit
Sore
Steamed
Upset
Vexed
Angry, with "up"
Beside oneself
Het up
Seeing red
Sore as hops
Stirred up
Teed off
Ticked off
Very upset
Worked (up)
All burned up
All het up
All worked up
Got one's goat
Hot under the collar
Rubbed the wrong way
Definition
RILE as a verb:
1. (annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil) = cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
2. (roil, rile) = make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
RILED as an adjective:
1. (annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung) = aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay"