rile : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rile	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for rile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rile v cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" Synonym(s): annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil make turbid by stirring up the sediments of Synonym(s): roil, rile
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rile \Rile\ (r[imac]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riled} (r[imac]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Riling}.] [See {Roil}.] 1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil. 2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex. Note: In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in the United States.