Definition of rile in English:

rile

verb rʌɪlraɪl

[with object]

1informal Make (someone) annoyed or irritated.
he has been riled by suggestions that his Arsenal future is in doubt
Example sentencesExamples
- Alec had always been more patient than most, but if he was riled up, there was no changing his mind.
- I remembered Jacob's advice and decided maybe riling him up wasn't such a great idea at the moment.
- I don't know why, but the thought of him helping her riled me up a little, but I tried to ignore my irrational feelings of jealousy.
- I didn't need any false bravado to intimidate now; I was really riled.
- Whatever it is that's riled him, his ugly, near unnecessary swearing renders any salient point he might have been making completely irrelevant.
- He'd never explained why he was so riled about her working.
- Graeme always knew how to rile me, and Sam was no better.
- She looked so calm and relaxed while I was riled up inside.
- It's bound to happen sooner or later that a review you write will rile someone enough to write a scathing email.
- ‘I can't be around Jake for more than five minutes without him saying something to rile me up,’ Sam huffed.
- Certainly, when she was riled up enough about something she became nearly as intimidating as Jess.
- Hearing that name riled Adam up, knocking his anger up a couple of notches.
- It really riles me up the way she can be so sanctimonious.
- We just felt it wasn't the best thing to tell you and rile you up.
- You could tell him to sleep and to stop being so obsessed with sports because they only rile him up.
- Mr. Gilmer kept working him, jabbing at him, trying to rile him up or rattle him by suggesting that if he had been innocent he wouldn't have run.
- What riles me about mortgage lenders is that they take advantage of their customers.
- It might be the abuse of language on a particular menu that riles him one week; or he's arguing that certain experiences are worth paying over the odds for the next.
- He liked to think he was a laid-back kind of guy; nothing riled him and certainly women didn't get him all worked up.
- Her eyes narrowed into her infamous glare, and the woman was riled enough to fight back.
Synonyms
irritate, annoy, bother, vex, provoke, displease, upset, offend, affront, anger, exasperate, infuriate, gall, irk, get/put someone's back up, disgruntle, pique, rankle with, nettle, needle, ruffle, get on someone's nerves, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, raise someone's hackles, rub up the wrong way
informal peeve, aggravate, miff, get, get to, bug, get under someone's skin, get in someone's hair, get up someone's nose, hack off, get someone's goat
British informal nark, get on someone's wick, give someone the hump, wind up, get across
North American informal tick off, rankle, ride, gravel, bum out
New Zealand informal rark
vulgar slang piss off
British vulgar slang get on someone's tits
rare exacerbate, hump, rasp
2North American Make (water) turbulent or muddy.
he'd been drinking sweet, clear water from a well, and now that water had been muddied and riled
Example sentencesExamples
- The water was riled by the wind and waves and I did not feel like a morning swim in the cloudy water.
- It was expected that the heavy rain would rile the water and drive the trout farther. upstream

Origin

Early 19th century: variant of roil.

Rile ‘to anger’ and roil ‘to anger or to churn’ (late 16th century) are both the same word probably from Old French ruiler ‘mix mortar’.

Rhymes

aisle, Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, guile, I'll, interfile, isle, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile

Definition of rile in US English:

rile

verbraɪlrīl

[with object]

1informal Make (someone) annoyed or irritated.
it was his air of knowing all the answers that riled her
he's getting you all riled up
Example sentencesExamples
- He'd never explained why he was so riled about her working.
- ‘I can't be around Jake for more than five minutes without him saying something to rile me up,’ Sam huffed.
- Her eyes narrowed into her infamous glare, and the woman was riled enough to fight back.
- She looked so calm and relaxed while I was riled up inside.
- He liked to think he was a laid-back kind of guy; nothing riled him and certainly women didn't get him all worked up.
- Mr. Gilmer kept working him, jabbing at him, trying to rile him up or rattle him by suggesting that if he had been innocent he wouldn't have run.
- It might be the abuse of language on a particular menu that riles him one week; or he's arguing that certain experiences are worth paying over the odds for the next.
- It really riles me up the way she can be so sanctimonious.
- Graeme always knew how to rile me, and Sam was no better.
- I didn't need any false bravado to intimidate now; I was really riled.
- I don't know why, but the thought of him helping her riled me up a little, but I tried to ignore my irrational feelings of jealousy.
- Certainly, when she was riled up enough about something she became nearly as intimidating as Jess.
- Whatever it is that's riled him, his ugly, near unnecessary swearing renders any salient point he might have been making completely irrelevant.
- It's bound to happen sooner or later that a review you write will rile someone enough to write a scathing email.
- Alec had always been more patient than most, but if he was riled up, there was no changing his mind.
- Hearing that name riled Adam up, knocking his anger up a couple of notches.
- We just felt it wasn't the best thing to tell you and rile you up.
- I remembered Jacob's advice and decided maybe riling him up wasn't such a great idea at the moment.
- What riles me about mortgage lenders is that they take advantage of their customers.
- You could tell him to sleep and to stop being so obsessed with sports because they only rile him up.
Synonyms
irritate, annoy, bother, vex, provoke, displease, upset, offend, affront, anger, exasperate, infuriate, gall, irk, get someone's back up, put someone's back up, disgruntle, pique, rankle with, nettle, needle, ruffle, get on someone's nerves, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, raise someone's hackles, rub up the wrong way
2North American Make (water) turbulent or muddy.
Example sentencesExamples
- The water was riled by the wind and waves and I did not feel like a morning swim in the cloudy water.
- It was expected that the heavy rain would rile the water and drive the trout farther. upstream

Origin

Early 19th century: variant of roil.

单词	rile
释义	Definition of rile in English: rile verb rʌɪlraɪl [with object] 1informal Make (someone) annoyed or irritated. he has been riled by suggestions that his Arsenal future is in doubt Example sentencesExamples Alec had always been more patient than most, but if he was riled up, there was no changing his mind. I remembered Jacob's advice and decided maybe riling him up wasn't such a great idea at the moment. I don't know why, but the thought of him helping her riled me up a little, but I tried to ignore my irrational feelings of jealousy. I didn't need any false bravado to intimidate now; I was really riled. Whatever it is that's riled him, his ugly, near unnecessary swearing renders any salient point he might have been making completely irrelevant. He'd never explained why he was so riled about her working. Graeme always knew how to rile me, and Sam was no better. She looked so calm and relaxed while I was riled up inside. It's bound to happen sooner or later that a review you write will rile someone enough to write a scathing email. ‘I can't be around Jake for more than five minutes without him saying something to rile me up,’ Sam huffed. Certainly, when she was riled up enough about something she became nearly as intimidating as Jess. Hearing that name riled Adam up, knocking his anger up a couple of notches. It really riles me up the way she can be so sanctimonious. We just felt it wasn't the best thing to tell you and rile you up. You could tell him to sleep and to stop being so obsessed with sports because they only rile him up. Mr. Gilmer kept working him, jabbing at him, trying to rile him up or rattle him by suggesting that if he had been innocent he wouldn't have run. What riles me about mortgage lenders is that they take advantage of their customers. It might be the abuse of language on a particular menu that riles him one week; or he's arguing that certain experiences are worth paying over the odds for the next. He liked to think he was a laid-back kind of guy; nothing riled him and certainly women didn't get him all worked up. Her eyes narrowed into her infamous glare, and the woman was riled enough to fight back. Synonyms irritate, annoy, bother, vex, provoke, displease, upset, offend, affront, anger, exasperate, infuriate, gall, irk, get/put someone's back up, disgruntle, pique, rankle with, nettle, needle, ruffle, get on someone's nerves, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, raise someone's hackles, rub up the wrong way informal peeve, aggravate, miff, get, get to, bug, get under someone's skin, get in someone's hair, get up someone's nose, hack off, get someone's goat British informal nark, get on someone's wick, give someone the hump, wind up, get across North American informal tick off, rankle, ride, gravel, bum out New Zealand informal rark vulgar slang piss off British vulgar slang get on someone's tits rare exacerbate, hump, rasp 2North American Make (water) turbulent or muddy. he'd been drinking sweet, clear water from a well, and now that water had been muddied and riled Example sentencesExamples The water was riled by the wind and waves and I did not feel like a morning swim in the cloudy water. It was expected that the heavy rain would rile the water and drive the trout farther. upstream Origin Early 19th century: variant of roil. Rile ‘to anger’ and roil ‘to anger or to churn’ (late 16th century) are both the same word probably from Old French ruiler ‘mix mortar’. Rhymes aisle, Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, guile, I'll, interfile, isle, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile Definition of rile in US English: rile verbraɪlrīl [with object] 1informal Make (someone) annoyed or irritated. it was his air of knowing all the answers that riled her he's getting you all riled up Example sentencesExamples He'd never explained why he was so riled about her working. ‘I can't be around Jake for more than five minutes without him saying something to rile me up,’ Sam huffed. Her eyes narrowed into her infamous glare, and the woman was riled enough to fight back. She looked so calm and relaxed while I was riled up inside. He liked to think he was a laid-back kind of guy; nothing riled him and certainly women didn't get him all worked up. Mr. Gilmer kept working him, jabbing at him, trying to rile him up or rattle him by suggesting that if he had been innocent he wouldn't have run. It might be the abuse of language on a particular menu that riles him one week; or he's arguing that certain experiences are worth paying over the odds for the next. It really riles me up the way she can be so sanctimonious. Graeme always knew how to rile me, and Sam was no better. I didn't need any false bravado to intimidate now; I was really riled. I don't know why, but the thought of him helping her riled me up a little, but I tried to ignore my irrational feelings of jealousy. Certainly, when she was riled up enough about something she became nearly as intimidating as Jess. Whatever it is that's riled him, his ugly, near unnecessary swearing renders any salient point he might have been making completely irrelevant. It's bound to happen sooner or later that a review you write will rile someone enough to write a scathing email. Alec had always been more patient than most, but if he was riled up, there was no changing his mind. Hearing that name riled Adam up, knocking his anger up a couple of notches. We just felt it wasn't the best thing to tell you and rile you up. I remembered Jacob's advice and decided maybe riling him up wasn't such a great idea at the moment. What riles me about mortgage lenders is that they take advantage of their customers. You could tell him to sleep and to stop being so obsessed with sports because they only rile him up. Synonyms irritate, annoy, bother, vex, provoke, displease, upset, offend, affront, anger, exasperate, infuriate, gall, irk, get someone's back up, put someone's back up, disgruntle, pique, rankle with, nettle, needle, ruffle, get on someone's nerves, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, raise someone's hackles, rub up the wrong way 2North American Make (water) turbulent or muddy. Example sentencesExamples The water was riled by the wind and waves and I did not feel like a morning swim in the cloudy water. It was expected that the heavy rain would rile the water and drive the trout farther. upstream Origin Early 19th century: variant of roil.
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