US /ɹɑel/ UK /ɹaɪl/
verb Freq #35103

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

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

    Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day.

  2. 2
    verb

    To make angry.

    Nothing riles an anti-mosque demonstrator more than being called a bigot.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to stir or move from a... aggravateannoyantagonizebedevilboil someone's pissbotherbotheratebug
2 verb · to make angry. affrontaggravateangerantagonizeawrathburn upcheese offcross
Word family
Derived forms rilesomeriley

Etymology

From a dialectal pronunciation of roil.

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