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    Rile
    /rīl/

    verb

    • 1. make (someone) annoyed or irritated: informal "it was his air of knowing all the answers that riled her"
    • 2. make (water) turbulent or muddy: North American "he'd been drinking sweet, clear water from a well, and now that water had been muddied and riled"
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  2. www.dictionary.com › browse › rileRILE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    verb (used with object) , Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. , riled, ril·ing. to irritate or vex. Synonyms: nettle, chafe, provoke, annoy, irk. to roil (water or the like). rile. / raɪl / verb. to annoy or anger; irritate. to stir up or agitate (water, etc); roil or make turbid. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of rile 1.

  3. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › american_english › rilerile verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

    be/get (all) riled up (informal) to be or get very annoyed. See rile in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: rile. Definition of rile verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  4. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › rilerile | meaning of rile in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary ...

    rile meaning, definition, what is rile: to make someone extremely angry: Learn more.

  5. www.oed.com › dictionary › rile_vrile, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

    What does the verb rile mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb rile . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  6. www.betterwordsonline.com › dictionary › rileRile - Definition, Meaning, Synonyms, Etymology

    To provoke or irritate someone, often intentionally, in order to elicit an emotional response or to disrupt their peace of mind. "He tries to rile his opponents with provocative statements." Detailed Meaning of 'rile' When you rile someone, you deliberately agitate or annoy them, causing frustration, anger, or agitation.

  7. www.wordreference.com › definition › rilerile - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

    1. irk, annoy, provoke, chafe, nettle. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rile /raɪl/ vb (transitive) to annoy or anger; irritate. US Canadian to stir up or agitate (water, etc); roil or make turbid. Etymology: 19th Century: variant of roil.

  8. www.wordsmyth.netrile | Dictionaries and vocabulary tools for English language ...

    Customers' complaints always rile the chef. synonyms: aggravate, anger, annoy, gall, get one's goat, irritate, nettle, peeve, piss off, vex antonyms: compose similar words: agitate, exasperate, fret, incense, irk, madden, miff, needle, offend, pique, provoke, rasp, roil, ruffle: definition 2: to stir up and make (water or the like) cloudy or ...