ˈrīl, esp before pause or consonant -īəl transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: alteration of roil (I)
1. : roil I 1
a shower would quickly rile many streams with the runoff from dirt roads — Christopher Rand
2. : to make angry : arouse resentment in
in our complex world of overorganization, we cannot get at the people who rile us — T.V.Smith
Synonyms: see irritate