Synonyms for "riles" (209 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Verb(27 words)

narkroilannoybotherdevilget toirritatenettlevexaggravateantagonizeburn upcheese offgetget someone's dander upget someone's goatget someone's irish uppiss offprovokeput someone's back up

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raise someone's hacklesrankletick offaffrontangerawrathbedevil

aggravateannoyirritateroilvexagitateangerarousebadgerbaitbe atbeatbeat upbedevilbeset

Strong matches (63)

Verb(32 words)

boil someone's pissbotheratebugchafechap someone's hidecrossdisgruntleembitterenrageenvenomexasperatefrustrategallget atget on someone's nervesget on someone's titsget on someone's wickget one's back upget someone's back upget someone's nanny

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get someone's nanny-goatget under one's goatget under someone's goatget under someone's skinget upgive someone the shitsgramegrategravelgrillgrind one's gearsgrotch

botherbristlebrown offbugbullyragburn upchafechivychurnchurn upconvulsedevildisarrangediscomposedispleasedisquietdistemperdisturbdogdrive up the wall

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embitterexasperateexciteexercisefashfermentflurryfretgetgrategripe

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

harassharryhecklehectorhoundhuffincenseinflameirkmiffmolestmudmuddlemuddynagneedlenettlenudzhpaddlepeeve

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persecuteperturbperturbatepesterpickpick onpiqueplaguepluck the beardpotherprovokeput outrankleriderippleroughenrubrufflerumpleset upshakeshake upstirstir the bloodstir upswirlteasetormenttroubletry the patiencetweak the noseupsetwhipwhip upwhiskwork upworry

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

That riles me.

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