Dictionary Definition
rile
Verb
1 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" [syn: annoy,
rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil]
2 make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
[syn: roil]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪl
Verb
- to make angry
- to stir or move from a state of calm or order
- Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day.
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me.
- It riles me that she never closes the door after she leaves.
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me.
- Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day.
Translations
to anger, annoy
- Finnish: ärsyttää, ottaa päähän, ottaa kupoliin
to incite
Derived terms
- to get riled up - to become angry
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aggravate, agitate, annoy, arouse, badger, bait, be at, beat, beat up, bedevil, beset, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, chafe, chivy, churn, churn up, convulse, devil, disarrange, discompose, disquiet, distemper, disturb, dog, embitter, exasperate, excite, exercise, fash, ferment, flurry, fret, get, grate, gripe, harass, harry, heckle, hector, hound, huff, incense, inflame, irk, irritate, miff, molest, mud, muddle, muddy, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, paddle, peeve, persecute, perturb, perturbate, pester, pick on, pique, plague, pluck the beard, pother, provoke, put out, rankle, ride, ripple, roil, roughen, ruffle, rumple, set up, shake, shake up, stir, stir the blood, stir up,
swirl, tease, torment, trouble, try the patience, tweak
the nose, upset, vex, whip, whip up, whisk, work up, worry