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
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
to anger, annoy
Derived terms
- to get riled up - to become angry
Spanish
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