rile

Etymology

From a dialectal pronunciation of roil.

verb

  1. To stir or move from a state of calm or order.
    Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day.
    Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me.
    It riles me that she never closes the door after she leaves.
  2. (in particular) To make angry.
    Riled by a decision that went against him, Ziv kicked his displaced boot at the assistant referee and, after a short consultation between the officials, he was given his marching orders and the loudest cheer of the night. October 20, 2011, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport

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