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Meanings of rile in English

Portuguese
importunar
Catalan
amoïnar
Spanish
provocar

To make someone rather angry or impatient; to cause annoyance.

      importunar
      Portuguese
      agitar
      Spanish
      sulfurar

      Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of.

            agitar
            Usage of rile in English
            1
            Even at his current level, that brush with success will rile him.
            The Guardian
            2
            And of course papers publish things to rile readers or as comment-bait.
            The Irish Times
            3
            He suggested relatively uncontroversial measures that do not rile gun rights advocates.
            The Guardian
            4
            It takes a lot to rile people in this decidedly courteous nation.
            The Irish Times
            5
            A vote to compete under a Taiwan banner would further rile Beijing.
            Reuters
            6
            It must rile Jasper that Herbert rides out against him once more.
            The red queen
            7
            I knew, like always, Ron was just trying to rile me up.
            The ghost chronicles
            8
            Is a slap on the face going to make him rile up?
            News.com.au
            9
            Walk light, an' don't say nuffin' rile him up, eve'ything all right.
            O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
            10
            But I was young and often said things just to rile people up.
            The Guardian
            11
            A heated discussion centered on two points that continue to rile CCC members.
            Wired
            12
            I bet that would really rile him, said my colleague mischievously.
            The Guardian
            13
            But he had learned that he had the power to rile.
            Tears of a clown: glenn beck and the tea bagging of america
            14
            I'd say don't rile them up if you can avoid it.
            Anthill: a novel
            15
            But MacFarlane is a talented singer and knows how to rile the establishment.
            The Irish Times
            16
            He knew Davison was trying to rile him with the remark.
            Nightwalker
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