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RILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rile mean? 

RILE (verb)
  The verb RILE has 2 senses:

1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritationsplay

2. make turbid by stirring up the sediments ofplay

  Familiarity information: RILE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RILE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they rile  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it riles  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: riled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: riled  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: riling  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

annoy; bother; chafe; devil; get at; get to; gravel; irritate; nark; nettle; rag; rile; vex

Context example:

It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves

Hypernyms (to "rile" is one way to...):

displease (give displeasure to)

Verb group:

chafe (feel extreme irritation or anger)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rile"):

get; get under one's skin (irritate)

eat into; fret; grate; rankle (gnaw into; make resentful or angry)

peeve (cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful)

ruffle (trouble or vex)

fret (cause annoyance in)

beset; chevvy; chevy; chivvy; chivy; harass; harry; hassle; molest; plague; provoke (annoy continually or chronically)

antagonise; antagonize (provoke the hostility of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to rile Sue


Sense 2

Meaning:

Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

rile; roil

Hypernyms (to "rile" is one way to...):

agitate; commove; disturb; raise up; shake up; stir up; vex (change the arrangement or position of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rile"):

muddle; puddle (make into a puddle)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


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