Rile - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|raɪl|
Brit.
|raɪl|
verb
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (syn: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, vex)
- make turbid by stirring up the sediments of (syn: roil)
- make turbid by stirring up the sediments of (syn: roil)
Extra examples
Her comments riled the professor.
...one sure way to rile me is to keep yelling for me...
It riled me that they were paying no taxes.
He was the calmest guy I ever knew - nothing ever riled him.
That class gets me so riled up.
...the old fraternity brothers fondly recounted how their roguery used to rile the dean...
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: rile
he/she/it: riles
present participle: riling
past tense: riled
past participle: riled
I/you/we/they: rile
he/she/it: riles
present participle: riling
past tense: riled
past participle: riled
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