Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense riles, present participle riling, past tense, past participle 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
riledadjective
He saw I was riled.
rile in British English
(raɪl)
verb(transitive)
1.
to annoy or anger; irritate
2. US and Canadian
to stir up or agitate (water, etc); roil or make turbid
Word origin
C19: variant of roil
rile in American English
(raɪl)
verb transitiveWord forms: riled or ˈriling Informal, Dialectal
1.
roil
2.
to anger; irritate
Word origin
var. of roil
Examples of 'rile' in a sentence
rile
Although this was well before getting her current post and no wrongdoing is suggested, it meant her nomination for the top Commonwealth job riled some people.
The Sun (2016)
Clearly he gets riled at suggestions of his decline.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There was no point in getting people all riled up.
Christianity Today (2000)
Avoid people who rile you for now.
The Sun (2016)
But the incident had clearly riled McIlroy.
The Sun (2012)
That has really riled people.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I can't remember his name but he was rolling around screaming and that really riled me.
The Sun (2010)
There should be a price paid, but it should not rile people up that people are actually coming to this country to provide for their families.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
(verb)
Definition
to annoy or anger
Cancellations rarely riled him.
Synonyms
anger
The decision to allow more construction angered the residents.
upset
provoke
I didn't want to do anything to provoke him.
bug (informal)
I only did it to bug my parents.
annoy
Try making a note of the things that annoy you.
irritate
Their attitude irritates me.
aggravate (informal)
What aggravates you most about this country?
gall
It was their smugness that galled her most.
nettle
I instantly regretted my remark, because it obviously nettled him.
vex
Everything about that man vexes me.
irk
The rehearsal process irked him increasingly.
pique
She was piqued by his lack of enthusiasm.
peeve (informal)
get under your skin (informal)
Her mannerisms can just get under your skin and needle you.
get on your nerves (informal)
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang)
piss you off (taboo, slang)
get your goat (slang)
try your patience
rub you up the wrong way
get or put your back up
hack you off (informal)
Seeirk
Nearby words of
rile
rigmarole
rigorous
rigour
rile
rim
rind
ring
Synonyms of 'rile'
rile
Explore 'rile' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of gall
Definition
to annoy or irritate
It was their smugness that galled her most.
Synonyms
annoy,
provoke,
irritate,
aggravate (informal),
get (informal),
trouble,
bother,
disturb,
plague,
madden,
ruffle,
exasperate,
nettle,
vex,
displease,
irk,
rile (informal),
peeve (informal),
get under your skin (informal),
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
get up your nose (informal),
give someone grief (British, South Africa),
make your blood boil,
piss you off (taboo, slang),
rub up the wrong way,
get on your wick (British, slang),
get your back up,
put your back up,
hack you off (informal)
in the sense of get under your skin
Definition
to annoy one
Her mannerisms can just get under your skin and needle you.
Synonyms
annoy,
irritate,
aggravate (informal),
needle (informal),
nettle,
irk,
grate on,
get on your nerves (informal),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
get in your hair (informal),
rub you up the wrong way,
hack you off (informal)
in the sense of irk
Definition
to irritate or vex
The rehearsal process irked him increasingly.
Synonyms
irritate,
annoy,
aggravate (informal),
provoke,
bug (informal),
put out (informal),
gall,
ruffle,
nettle,
vex,
rile,
peeve (informal),
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
miff (informal),
be on your back (slang),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
get in your hair (informal),
rub you up the wrong way (informal),
put your nose out of joint (informal),
get your back up,
put your back up,
hack you off (informal)
in the sense of irritate
Definition
to annoy or anger (someone)
Their attitude irritates me.
Synonyms
annoy,
anger,
bother,
provoke,
offend,
needle (informal),
harass,
infuriate,
aggravate (informal),
incense,
fret,
enrage,
gall,
ruffle,
inflame,
exasperate,
nettle,
pester,
vex,
irk,
pique,
rankle with,
get under your skin (informal),
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
drive you up the wall (slang),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
rub you up the wrong way (informal),
get your goat (slang),
try your patience,
get in your hair (informal),
get on your wick (informal),
get your dander up (informal),
raise your hackles,
get your back up,
get your hackles up,
put your back up,
hack you off (informal)
in the sense of nark
Definition
to annoy
Synonyms
annoy,
bother,
provoke,
bug (informal),
irritate,
aggravate (informal),
gall,
exasperate,
nettle,
irk,
rile,
pique,
peeve,
get on your nerves (informal),
miff (informal),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
hack you off (informal)
in the sense of nettle
I instantly regretted my remark, because it obviously nettled him.
Synonyms
irritate,
provoke,
annoy,
gall,
sting,
aggravate (informal),
incense,
ruffle,
exasperate,
vex,
goad,
pique,
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
hack you off (informal),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
harass,
hassle (informal),
fret,
chafe
in the sense of pique
Definition
to hurt (someone's) pride
She was piqued by his lack of enthusiasm.
Synonyms
displease,
wound,
provoke,
annoy,
get (informal),
sting,
offend,
irritate,
put out,
incense,
gall,
nettle,
vex,
affront,
mortify,
irk,
rile,
peeve (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
put someone's nose out of joint (informal),
miff (informal),
hack off (informal)
in the sense of provoke
Definition
to deliberately act in a way intended to anger someone
I didn't want to do anything to provoke him.
Synonyms
anger,
insult,
annoy,
offend,
irritate,
infuriate,
hassle (informal),
aggravate (informal),
incense,
enrage,
gall,
put someone out,
madden,
exasperate,
vex,
affront,
chafe,
irk,
rile,
pique,
get on someone's nerves (informal),
get someone's back up,
piss someone off (taboo, slang),
put someone's back up,
try someone's patience,
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
make someone's blood boil,
get in someone's hair (informal),
rub someone up the wrong way,
hack someone off (informal)
in the sense of vex
Definition
to cause (someone) to feel annoyance or irritation