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- Dictionaryrile/rʌɪl/
verb
- 1. make (someone) annoyed or irritated: informal "he has been riled by suggestions that his Arsenal future is in doubt"
- 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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to annoy or make angry: Many farmers have been riled by Department of Agriculture fines. [ M ] Your loud parties rile up the neighbors. (Definition of rile from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of rile. rile. They seem to have been particularly riled by the 'mispronunciations' of the working classes.
The meaning of RILE is to make agitated and angry : upset. How to use rile in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Rile.
Definition of 'rile' rile. (raɪl ) Word forms: riles , riling , riled. verb. If something riles you, it makes you angry. Cancellations and late departures rarely rile him. [VERB noun] Synonyms: anger, upset, provoke, bug [informal] More Synonyms of rile. riled adjective. He saw I was riled. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
to annoy or make angry: Many farmers have been riled by Department of Agriculture fines. [ M ] Your loud parties rile up the neighbors. (Definition of rile from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of rile. rile.
Definition of rile verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
RILE meaning: 1 : to make (someone) angry to irritate or annoy (someone) usually + up; 2 : to make (someone) very excited usually + up.
verb. to annoy or anger; irritate. to stir up or agitate (water, etc); roil or make turbid. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of rile 1.
Define rile. rile synonyms, rile pronunciation, rile translation, English dictionary definition of rile. tr.v. riled , ril·ing , riles 1. To anger or irritate. See Synonyms at annoy.
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. Wiktionary. Synonyms: get-at. get to. rag. chafe. irritate. vex. nettle. devil. gravel. nark.
to annoy or anger; irritate. US Canadian to stir up or agitate (water, etc); roil or make turbid. Etymology: 19th Century: variant of roil. 'rile' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): Kurile Islands - aggravate - grate - pseudosacrilegious - riley - roil - sacrilegious.
