Stirred up, angry: “When he saw them coming he got ________.”
| MAD | 488 |
| FURIOUS | 107 |
| HOT UNDER THE COLLAR | 90 |
| RILED | 73 |
| RILED UP | 69 |
| AGGRAVATED | 41 |
| UPSET | 30 |
| HOT | 28 |
| SORE | 26 |
| STEAMED UP | 26 |
| HIS DANDER UP | 25 |
| HET UP | 21 |
| EXCITED | 17 |
| PISSED OFF | 17 |
| ANGRY | 14 |
| ALL RILED UP | 13 |
| SHOOK UP | 13 |
| HOT IN THE COLLAR | 12 |
| BURNED UP | 11 |
| ALL HET UP | 10 |
| BOILING MAD | 10 |
| SAW RED | 10 |
| TEED OFF | 10 |
| HOT AND BOTHERED | 9 |
| PEEVED | 9 |
| REAL MAD | 9 |
| ROILED | 8 |
| UGLY | 7 |
| FIGHTING MAD | 6 |
| IRATE | 6 |
| WROUGHT UP | 6 |
| BLEW HIS TOP | 5 |
| HIS DANDRUFF UP | 5 |
| IRRITATED | 5 |
| MAD AS A HORNET | 5 |
| P.O.’D | 5 |
| PROVOKED | 5 |
| RED HOT | 5 |
| RED IN THE FACE | 5 |
| WILD | 5 |
| ALL STIRRED UP | 4 |
| ALL UPSET | 4 |
| IRKED | 4 |
| MADDER THAN A WET HEN | 4 |
| NR | 4 |
| SCARED | 4 |
| STIRRED UP | 4 |
| TICKED OFF | 4 |
| VEXED | 4 |
| WORKED UP | 4 |
| WRATHY | 4 |
| AGITATED | 3 |
| ALL SHOOK UP | 3 |
| ALL WORKED UP | 3 |
| BLOOD IN HIS EYE | 3 |
| CROSS | 3 |
| FIRED UP | 3 |
| FIT TO BE TIED | 3 |
| FRUSTRATED | 3 |
| GOING | 3 |
| HEATED UP | 3 |
| HOSTILE | 3 |
| MAD AS A HATTER | 3 |
| MAD AS A WET HEN | 3 |
| MIFFED | 3 |
| REALLY MAD | 3 |
| ALL FIRED UP | 2 |
| ALL MIXED UP | 2 |
| ALL STEAMED UP | 2 |
| ALL WROUGHT UP | 2 |
| ANNOYED | 2 |
| AROUSED | 2 |
| BELLIGERENT | 2 |
| BERSERK | 2 |
| BITTER | 2 |
| BLEW HIS STACK | 2 |
| BOILED | 2 |
| BOILING | 2 |
| BURNT UP | 2 |
| DISGUSTED | 2 |
| DISTURBED | 2 |
| EMOTIONAL | 2 |
| FIERCE | 2 |
| FIERY MAD | 2 |
| FLUSTERED | 2 |
| FLUSTRATED | 2 |
| FUSSED UP | 2 |
| GOOD AND MAD | 2 |
| HIS TEMPER UP | 2 |
| HOPPING MAD | 2 |
| HOT-HEADED | 2 |
| HUFFY | 2 |
| HUHU | 2 |
| IN A RAGE | 2 |
| INDIGNANT | 2 |
| KEYED UP | 2 |
| LIVID | 2 |
| MAD AS A BULL | 2 |
| MAD AS FIRE | 2 |
| MADDER THAN A HATTER | 2 |
| MADDER THAN A HORNET | 2 |
| MEAN | 2 |
| ON A HIGH HORSE | 2 |
| PERTURBED | 2 |
| PISSED | 2 |
| PUT OUT | 2 |
| RAVING MAD | 2 |
| TORE UP | 2 |
| UPTIGHT | 2 |
| VERY MAD | 2 |
| VIOLENT | 2 |
| ABUSIVE | 1 |
| AFIRE | 1 |
| ALL BOTHERED | 1 |
| ALL EXCITED | 1 |
| ALL FUSSED UP | 1 |
| ALL HOT AND BOTHERED | 1 |
| ALL HOT UNDER THE COLLAR | 1 |
| ALL MAD | 1 |
| ALL ROILED UP | 1 |
| ALL SHOOK | 1 |
| ALL TEED OFF | 1 |
| ALL WOUND UP | 1 |
| ANGER | 1 |
| ANGRIER THAN (—) | 1 |
| ANTAGONISTIC | 1 |
| AS HOT AS A FIRECRACKER | 1 |
| ASHY | 1 |
| AWFUL MAD | 1 |
| BESIDE HIMSELF | 1 |
| BEXED | 1 |
| BLOWED HIS TOP | 1 |
| BOILED OFF | 1 |
| BROWNED OFF | 1 |
| BULLY | 1 |
| BURNED | 1 |
| DAMN GOOD AND MAD | 1 |
| DAMN MAD | 1 |
| DESPERATELY MAD | 1 |
| DISTRACTED | 1 |
| DUSTY | 1 |
| EVIL | 1 |
| EXASPERATED | 1 |
| FIGHTIN’ | 1 |
| FLEW IN A RAGE | 1 |
| FLIPPED HIS LID | 1 |
| FLURRIED | 1 |
| FLUSTERATED | 1 |
| FUMED | 1 |
| FUSSED | 1 |
| FUZZED UP | 1 |
| GRUMPY | 1 |
| HAD A FIT | 1 |
| HAYWIRE | 1 |
| HEATED | 1 |
| HEFTY | 1 |
| HEPPED UP | 1 |
| HIGHLY PISSED OFF | 1 |
| HIS DUTCH UP | 1 |
| HIS FEATHERS RUFFLED | 1 |
| HIS IRE UP | 1 |
| HIS IRISH UP | 1 |
| HIS TEMPER RUN AWAY WITH HIM | 1 |
| HOPPED UP | 1 |
| HOT AROUND THE COLLAR | 1 |
| HOT AS FIRE | 1 |
| HYPER | 1 |
| HYSTERICAL | 1 |
| IN A DITHER | 1 |
| IN A WEAVING WAY | 1 |
| IN HIGH | 1 |
| INFURIATED | 1 |
| INTO A RAGE | 1 |
| INTO HIS MAD BAG | 1 |
| IRED | 1 |
| IRRITABLE | 1 |
| IT BURNS ME UP | 1 |
| IT BURNT ME TO CRISP | 1 |
| JUST PLAIN MAD | 1 |
| LIKE A RAGING BULL | 1 |
| LIVID WITH RAGE | 1 |
| LOST HIS TEMPER | 1 |
| MAD AS (—) | 1 |
| MAD AS ALL GET OUT | 1 |
| MAD AS BLAZES | 1 |
| MAD AS HECK | 1 |
| MAD AS HELL | 1 |
| MAD AS HOPSY | 1 |
| MADDED | 1 |
| MADDER THAN (—) | 1 |
| MADDER THAN HELL | 1 |
| NERVOUS | 1 |
| NETTLED | 1 |
| NOSE OUT OF JOINT | 1 |
| OFF HIS NUT | 1 |
| ON THE HIGH HORSE | 1 |
| ON THE PROD | 1 |
| ON THE TOP SHELF | 1 |
| ORNERY | 1 |
| OS-TILE | 1 |
| OUT AND OUT MAD | 1 |
| OUT OF HIS MIND | 1 |
| OVERCOME | 1 |
| OWLY | 1 |
| PANICKY | 1 |
| PISSED UP | 1 |
| PRETTY UGLY | 1 |
| PUFFED UP | 1 |
| PUGNACIOUS | 1 |
| PURPLE FIT | 1 |
| RAGED | 1 |
| RAMBUNCTIOUS | 1 |
| RAVING | 1 |
| RAW | 1 |
| READY TO BITE A NAIL | 1 |
| READY TO SPIT | 1 |
| REAL ANGRY | 1 |
| REAL CROSS | 1 |
| REAL EXCITED | 1 |
| REAL HET UP | 1 |
| REAL PROVOKED | 1 |
| REAL UPSET | 1 |
| REAL WORKED UP | 1 |
| REALLY RILED UP | 1 |
| RED | 1 |
| RED AS A BEET | 1 |
| RED IN HIS EYES | 1 |
| RILED MAD | 1 |
| ROARING MAD | 1 |
| ROUGH | 1 |
| ROUSED | 1 |
| ROWLED UP | 1 |
| RUFFLED UP | 1 |
| SHOOK | 1 |
| STEWED UP | 1 |
| STIRRED UP MY ASHES | 1 |
| SURE MAD | 1 |
| TENSED UP | 1 |
| TO BOILING | 1 |
| TORE MY SUNDAY BRITCHES | 1 |
| TRIFLING | 1 |
| TROUBLED | 1 |
| UNCOOL | 1 |
| UP A HEAD OF STEAM | 1 |
| UP IN THE AIR | 1 |
| UP ON HIS EAR | 1 |
| VERY ANGRY | 1 |
| VERY UPSET | 1 |
| VICIOUS | 1 |
| WILD AS A BUMBLEBEE | 1 |
| WILDEYED | 1 |
| WROUGHTED | 1 |
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