rile
(verb)
verb
1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
Similar word(s): annoy, bother, chafe, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, vex
Definition categories: emotion, displease
2. make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
Similar word(s): roil
Definition categories: contact, agitate, commove, disturb, vex
Sentences with rile as a verb:
- 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.