Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rile"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rile \Rile\ (r[imac]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riled} (r[imac]ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Riling}.] [See {Roil}.]
1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.
2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex.
Note: In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in
the United States.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rile
v 1: cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations:
"Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It
irritates me that she never closes the door after she
leaves" [syn: {annoy}, {rag}, {get to}, {bother}, {get
at}, {irritate}, {nark}, {nettle}, {gravel}, {vex}, {chafe},
{devil}]
2: make turbid by stirring up the sediments of [syn: {roil}]
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