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.