rile Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
    annoy; rag; devil; bother; vex; irritate; nettle; get to; nark; get at; gravel; chafe.
    • Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me
    • It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves
  2. verb make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
    roil.

WordNet

Rile transitive verb
Etymology
See Roil.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Riled ; present participle & verbal noun Riling
Definitions
  1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.
  2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex. ✍ In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in the United States.

Webster 1913