rile
verb (used with object), riled, ril·ing. Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S.
Origin of rile
Synonyms for rile
Related Words for rile
annoy, disturb, roil, exasperate, peeve, bother, vex, inflame, irk, irritate, gall, provoke, aggravate, acerbate, nettle, pique, grate, bugExamples from the Web for rile
Contemporary Examples of rile
For well over a century, artists have been trying to rile us, making us question ourselves and our society.
Sheikh Hamza, however, refused to join in and rile up the people.
First, to rile up white people about black people and let their lurid imaginations roam.
Michael Tomasky says they can't win the swing vote, so they're going with Plan B: Rile up the base.
In other words, they want more than anything else not to rile up liberals.
Historical Examples of rile
They rile me—that talk about 'people in the humbler walks of life.'
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
An' arter a day or two ye come back an' look agin, an' where's the rile?
Flamsted quarriesMary E. Waller
His p. 156letters in the papers used to rile my people terribly.
The Gypsy's ParsonGeorge Hall
And when you rile up at the rot about "'Arries Abroad," I agree.
Rile some other pool with your clumsy hoofs, and let your betters alone after this!
The Emerald City of OzL. Frank Baum