Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day.
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Rile
//ɹaɪl//
Synonyms for "rile" (209 found)
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Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (63)
Related words (104)
Verb(47 words)
hack offharsh one's mellowhasslehonk offhumpidioms:incenseinflameinfuriateirkjazzmaddenmake angrymake someone see redmake someone's blood boilmolestmommicknerveoffendoutrage
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pee offpeevepersecutepiqueput outragraise someone's shagrattle someone's cagerile uprouserub someone the wrong wayrub the wrong wayrub up the wrong wayruffleruffle some feathersruffle someone's feathersset offset up someone's birsesteamstingstormtee offtest someone's patiencetorque offtroubletry one's patiencewind up
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Translations
30 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- дразня verb (to anger, annoy)
- сърдя verb (to anger, annoy)
Czech
3 entries- lézt na nervy verb (to anger, annoy)
- vytáčet verb (to anger, annoy)
- štvát verb (to anger, annoy)
Finnish
3 entries- suututtaa verb (to anger, annoy)
- ärsyttää verb (to anger, annoy)
- ärsyttää verb (to incite)
German
3 entries- aufbringen verb (to anger, annoy)
- reizen verb (to anger, annoy)
- ärgern verb (to anger, annoy)
Hungarian
4 entries- bosszant verb (to anger, annoy)
- dühít verb (to anger, annoy)
- izgat verb (to incite)
- kihoz a sodrából verb (to anger, annoy)
Ido
1 entries- iracigar verb (to anger, annoy)
Māori
2 entries- whakariri verb (to anger, annoy)
- whakatakariri verb (to anger, annoy)
Portuguese
1 entries- incitar verb (to incite)
Russian
2 entries- злить verb (to anger, annoy)
- раздражать verb (to anger, annoy)
Spanish
4 entries- encabronar verb (to anger, annoy)
- encolerizar verb (to anger, annoy)
- irritar verb (to anger, annoy)
- sacar de quicio verb (to anger, annoy)
Tagalog
2 entries- inisin verb (to anger, annoy)
- mang-inis verb (to anger, annoy)
Turkish
1 entries- kızdırmak verb (to anger, annoy)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me.
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It riles me that she never closes the door after she leaves.
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“Boh!” said Tom, “don’t I know?—don’t make me too sick with any yer stuff,—my stomach is a leetle riled now;” and Tom drank half a glass of raw brandy.
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