Define the word rile"Rile" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Rile \Rile\ (r[imac]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riled (r[imac]ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Riling.] [See Roil.]
1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.
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2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex.
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Note: In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in
the United States.
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"rile" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
rile
v 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]
"rile" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "rile":
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
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