RILE


Meaning of RILE in English

/ raɪl; NAmE / verb

to annoy sb or make them angry

SYN anger :

[ vn ]

Nothing ever seemed to rile him.

[also vn that ]

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IDIOMS

- be / get (all) riled up

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: variant of roil , of the same meaning.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.