单词 | riled |
释义 | riledadj. 1. Originally U.S. Annoyed, vexed, irritated. Cf. rile v. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] ofgrameda1200 agrameda1300 irk1303 overthoughta1325 aggrievedc1330 annoyedc1330 noyfula1387 teena1400 vexed?c1425 annoyousa1450 angry1485 noyeda1500 irked1513 engrieved1591 exulceratec1592 galled1601 incommodate1622 exulcerated1640 ruffled1659 uncommoded1683 chagrin1706 exacerbated1727 chagrineda1754 vexatious1756 discommoded1773 pipped1797 roiled1818 riled1825 outraged1836 put-out1836 vex1843 niggled1878 narked1888 hacked1892 wired1904 peeved1908 the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [adjective] > nervously excited or agitated high-wrought1579 feverous1587 tremulous1611 feverish1637 overwound1640 gestient1644 overwrought1648 twittering1648 fevereda1657 tumultuous1667 wrought-up1688 flustered1743 trepidatinga1774 flurried1775 wrought1778 riled1825 tête montée1825 worked up1831 tumultuating1854 trepidant1891 tremorous1897 wroughted1905 goosy1906 hotted-up1923 steamed1923 spooky1926 antsy-pantsy1944 antsy1950 agitato1964 amped1967 wired1970 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. iv. 104 Be the niggers railly up, or no? rather ryled, I guess, in Carrylynee [i.e. Carolina]? 1834 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major xxxii. 265 The Gineral got considerable riled at this, and slatted round a spell. 1839 C. Clark John Noakes & Mary Styles 18 He'd so to wait, it maade him riled. 1878 W. C. Bennett Sea Songs 60 The less there was oil in our hold, the harder the riled skipper swore. 1941 Slave Narr. (Federal Writers' Project WPA) IX. 43 He was a ginger cake Nigger an' pow'ful mean when he got riled. 1997 City Paper (Baltimore) 1 Jan. 17/3 It is easy to make riled priggish citizenry look ridiculous; to his credit, Forman allows the outraged forces of decency to make their arguments basically unmolested. 2006 T. Willocks Religion (2008) iii. 438 A blow in the chest from the shoulder of a riled warhorse was enough to stave in the breastbone and ribs. 2. Of water, a river, etc.: rendered cloudy or muddy by the stirring up of silt, mud, or the like; (later sometimes more generally) stirred up, disturbed. Also with up. Also figurative. Cf. rile v. 2 and earlier riley adj. 1. Now chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > full of sediment fata1387 puddled1559 roiled1611 roil1658 scuddy1797 riley1805 roily1823 riled1830 1830 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia II. (at cited word) Rile, to stir up liquor and make it turbid, by moving the sediment... It is figuratively applied both to the temper and to the complexion... A riled complexion is one coarsely ruddy. This word appears to be in use in America. 1839 J. Very Poems 163 I thirst for one cool cup of water clear, But drink the riled stream of lying breath. 1896 Strand Mag. 12 348/2 At spring tides the water becomes too ‘riled-up’ to dive with any degree of success. 1911 Racine (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 13 Dec. 6/1 The riled water, caused by lake storms. 1918 F. Riesenberg Under Sail xxvi. 319 The sweet, sticky smell..mingled with the odors of the riled-up bilge. 1992 L. Tabory Inshore Fly Fishing x. 101 This condition may concentrate the fish at the mouth, or bring the fish up inside the bay to avoid the riled-up water. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1825 |
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