Rile

//ɹaɪl// verb

verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To stir or move from a state of calm or order.

    "Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day."

  2. 2
    make turbid by stirring up the sediments of wordnet
  3. 3
    To make angry.

    "Riled by a decision that went against him, Ziv kicked his displaced boot at the assistant referee and, after a short consultation between the officials, he was given his marching orders and the loudest cheer of the night."

  4. 4
    cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations wordnet

Synonyms

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narkroilaggravateannoyannoybother

Antonyms

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please

Example

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"Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day."

Etymology

From a dialectal pronunciation of roil.

Related phrases

to rile up

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