rile

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsannoyragget tobotherget atirritatenarknettlegravelvexchafedevil

   Broaderdisplease

   Narrowergeteat intopeeverufflefretharassantagonize
2. 2.

   make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

   Synonymsroil

   Broaderagitate

   Narrowermuddle

Other forms of rile

past tense

riled·

present participle

riling·

third person

riles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rile

What does rile mean?

rile means "cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rile?

rile has 1 syllable: rile. In IPA it is /ˈɹaɪl/.

What is another word for rile?

Close synonyms include annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rile a common word?

rile is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.