rile
English
Etymology
From a dialectal pronunciation of roil.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪl
Verb
rile (third-person singular simple present riles, present participle riling, simple past and past participle riled)
- to make angry
- 2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport:
- 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.
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- to stir or move from a state of calm or order
- Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day.
- Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me.
- It riles me that she never closes the door after she leaves.
Synonyms
- aggravate
- anger
- annoy
- irritate
- vex
Derived terms
- rilesome
Translations
to anger, annoy
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to incite
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Derived terms
- to get riled up - to become angry
Anagrams
- Iler, Irel., Lier, Reil, Riel, lier, lire, riel
Spanish
Verb
rile
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rilarse.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of rilarse.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of rilarse.