Extreme displeasure caused by an insult or slight

• umbrage

  1. Offense or resentment:
  2. Shadow or shade:
  3. Trees or foliage affording shade.

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  1. Offense or resentment:
  2. Shadow or shade:
  3. Trees or foliage affording shade.

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• ruffled feathers

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• resentment

  1. Indignation or ill will stemming from a feeling of having been wronged or offended.

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  1. Indignation or ill will stemming from a feeling of having been wronged or offended.

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• offense

  1. The act of causing anger, resentment, displeasure, or affront.
  2. The state of being offended.
  3. A violation or infraction of a moral or social code; a transgression or sin.

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  1. The act of causing anger, resentment, displeasure, or affront.
  2. The state of being offended.
  3. A violation or infraction of a moral or social code; a transgression or sin.

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• miff

  1. A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff.
  2. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff.
  3. To cause to become offended or annoyed.

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  1. A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff.
  2. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff.
  3. To cause to become offended or annoyed.

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• huff

  1. A fit of anger or annoyance; a pique:
  2. To puff; blow.
  3. To make noisy, empty threats; bluster.

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  1. A fit of anger or annoyance; a pique:
  2. To puff; blow.
  3. To make noisy, empty threats; bluster.

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• dudgeon

  1. A sullen, angry, or indignant humor:

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  1. A sullen, angry, or indignant humor:

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To cause resentment or hurt by callous, rude behavior

• outrage

  1. An act of extreme violence or viciousness:
  2. Something that is grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste:
  3. Resentful anger aroused by a violent or offensive act, or an instance of this:

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  1. An act of extreme violence or viciousness:
  2. Something that is grossly offensive to decency, morality, or good taste:
  3. Resentful anger aroused by a violent or offensive act, or an instance of this:

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• offend

  1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in:
  2. To be displeasing or disagreeable to:
  3. To result in displeasure:

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  1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in:
  2. To be displeasing or disagreeable to:
  3. To result in displeasure:

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• miff

  1. A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff.
  2. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff.
  3. To cause to become offended or annoyed.

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  1. A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff.
  2. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff.
  3. To cause to become offended or annoyed.

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• insult

  1. To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness.
  2. To affront or demean:
  3. To make an attack on.

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  1. To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness.
  2. To affront or demean:
  3. To make an attack on.

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• huff

  1. A fit of anger or annoyance; a pique:
  2. To puff; blow.
  3. To make noisy, empty threats; bluster.

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  1. A fit of anger or annoyance; a pique:
  2. To puff; blow.
  3. To make noisy, empty threats; bluster.

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• affront

  1. To insult intentionally, especially openly.
  2. To meet defiantly; confront:
  3. To meet or encounter (another) face to face.

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  1. To insult intentionally, especially openly.
  2. To meet defiantly; confront:
  3. To meet or encounter (another) face to face.

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To stir to action or feeling

• work up

  1. a complete medical study of a patient, including a thorough examination, laboratory tests, a survey of the patient's case history, etc.
  2. an unwanted mark on a printed page caused by the rising of spacing material

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  1. a complete medical study of a patient, including a thorough examination, laboratory tests, a survey of the patient's case history, etc.
  2. an unwanted mark on a printed page caused by the rising of spacing material

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• trigger

  1. The lever pressed by the finger to discharge a firearm.
  2. A similar device used to release or activate a mechanism.
  3. An event that precipitates other events.

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  1. The lever pressed by the finger to discharge a firearm.
  2. A similar device used to release or activate a mechanism.
  3. An event that precipitates other events.

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• touch off

  1. (idiomatic) To start; to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.

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  1. (idiomatic) To start; to cause, especially used for unstable situations that may magnify if disturbed.

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• stimulate

  1. To rouse to action or increased activity; excite:
  2. To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).
  3. To cause to be interested or engaged:

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  1. To rouse to action or increased activity; excite:
  2. To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).
  3. To cause to be interested or engaged:

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• spur

  1. A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider's boot and is used to urge a horse forward.
  2. An incentive:
  3. A spinelike process on the leg of some birds.

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  1. A short spike or spiked wheel that attaches to the heel of a rider's boot and is used to urge a horse forward.
  2. An incentive:
  3. A spinelike process on the leg of some birds.

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• set off

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to begin a journey or trip.
  2. (idiomatic) To begin; to cause; to initiate.
  3. (idiomatic) To cause to explode.

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  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to begin a journey or trip.
  2. (idiomatic) To begin; to cause; to initiate.
  3. (idiomatic) To cause to explode.

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• provoke

  1. To incite to anger or resentment:
  2. To stir to action or feeling:
  3. To give rise to; bring about:

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  1. To incite to anger or resentment:
  2. To stir to action or feeling:
  3. To give rise to; bring about:

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• propel

  1. To cause to move forward or onward.
  2. To cause to develop or progress:

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  1. To cause to move forward or onward.
  2. To cause to develop or progress:

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• prompt

  1. Being on time; punctual.
  2. Carried out or performed without delay:
  3. To move to act; spur; incite:

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  1. Being on time; punctual.
  2. Carried out or performed without delay:
  3. To move to act; spur; incite:

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• prod

  1. To jab or poke, as with a pointed object.
  2. To goad to action; incite.
  3. A pointed object used to prod:

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  1. To jab or poke, as with a pointed object.
  2. To goad to action; incite.
  3. A pointed object used to prod:

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• prick

  1. The act of piercing or pricking.
  2. The sensation of being pierced or pricked.
  3. A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.

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  1. The act of piercing or pricking.
  2. The sensation of being pierced or pricked.
  3. A persistent or sharply painful feeling of sorrow or remorse.

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• move

  1. To change in position from one point to another:
  2. To follow a specified course:
  3. To change posture or position; stir:

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  1. To change in position from one point to another:
  2. To follow a specified course:
  3. To change posture or position; stir:

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• motivate

  1. To provide with an incentive or a reason for doing something; impel:
  2. To cause to be enthusiastic:

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  1. To provide with an incentive or a reason for doing something; impel:
  2. To cause to be enthusiastic:

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• instigate

  1. To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
  2. To urge on; goad:

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  1. To initiate or bring about, often by inciting:
  2. To urge on; goad:

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• inspire

  1. To affect, guide, or arouse by divine influence.
  2. To fill with enlivening or exalting emotion:
  3. To stimulate to action; motivate:

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  1. To affect, guide, or arouse by divine influence.
  2. To fill with enlivening or exalting emotion:
  3. To stimulate to action; motivate:

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• inflame

  1. To arouse to passionate feeling or action:
  2. To make more violent; intensify:
  3. To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.

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  1. To arouse to passionate feeling or action:
  2. To make more violent; intensify:
  3. To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.

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• incite

  1. To provoke and urge on:

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  1. To provoke and urge on:

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• impel

  1. To urge to action through moral pressure; drive:
  2. To drive forward; propel.

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  1. To urge to action through moral pressure; drive:
  2. To drive forward; propel.

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• goad

  1. A long stick with a pointed end used for prodding animals.
  2. An agent or means of prodding or urging; a stimulus.
  3. To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.

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  1. A long stick with a pointed end used for prodding animals.
  2. An agent or means of prodding or urging; a stimulus.
  3. To prod or urge with or as if with a long pointed stick.

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• galvanize

  1. To stimulate or shock with an electric current.
  2. To arouse to awareness or action; spur:
  3. To coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc.

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  1. To stimulate or shock with an electric current.
  2. To arouse to awareness or action; spur:
  3. To coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc.

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• foment

  1. To arouse or incite (trouble, for example).
  2. To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.

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  1. To arouse or incite (trouble, for example).
  2. To treat (the skin, for example) by fomentation.

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• excite

  1. To arouse strong feeling in:
  2. To arouse (someone) sexually.
  3. To elicit or arouse (a reaction or emotion, for example):

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  1. To arouse strong feeling in:
  2. To arouse (someone) sexually.
  3. To elicit or arouse (a reaction or emotion, for example):

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• egg on

  1. (idiomatic) To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.

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  1. (idiomatic) To encourage or coax a person to do something, especially something foolhardy or reckless.

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To anger

• nettle

  1. Any of various plants of the genus Urtica, having toothed leaves, unisexual apetalous flowers, and stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact.
  2. Any of various hairy, stinging, or prickly plants.
  3. To sting with or as if with a nettle.

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  1. Any of various plants of the genus Urtica, having toothed leaves, unisexual apetalous flowers, and stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact.
  2. Any of various hairy, stinging, or prickly plants.
  3. To sting with or as if with a nettle.

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• fret

  1. To be vexed or troubled; worry.
  2. To be worn or eaten away; become corroded.
  3. To move agitatedly.

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  1. To be vexed or troubled; worry.
  2. To be worn or eaten away; become corroded.
  3. To move agitatedly.

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• irritate

  1. To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
  2. To make sore or inflamed:
  3. To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).

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  1. To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
  2. To make sore or inflamed:
  3. To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).

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To excite

• stimulate

  1. To rouse to action or increased activity; excite:
  2. To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).
  3. To cause to be interested or engaged:

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  1. To rouse to action or increased activity; excite:
  2. To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).
  3. To cause to be interested or engaged:

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• rouse

  1. To wake (someone) up.
  2. To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited; stir up.
  3. To give rise to; bring about:

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  1. To wake (someone) up.
  2. To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited; stir up.
  3. To give rise to; bring about:

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• arouse

  1. To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited:
  2. To stimulate sexual desire in.
  3. To give rise to (a feeling, for example); stir up:

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  1. To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited:
  2. To stimulate sexual desire in.
  3. To give rise to (a feeling, for example); stir up:

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