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Rile

🔄 Synonyms of "Rile"

12 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
nettlenoun	Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
vexverb	(transitive) To annoy, irritate.
narknoun	(transitive, intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle.
gravelnoun	(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
botherverb	(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
irritateverb	(transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
annoyverb	(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
roilverb	(transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
get toverb	(transitive) To reach or arrive at (a physical or abstract destination, or state of doing a certain activity).
get atverb	To manage to gain access to.
devilnoun	(theology) The chief devil; Satan.
ragnoun	(especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rile"

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Word	Definition
roilverb	(transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
irritateverb	(transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
annoyverb	(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
vexverb	(transitive) To annoy, irritate.
botherverb	(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
ragnoun	(especially in the plural) Tattered clothes (clothing).
narknoun	(transitive, intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer; to tattle.
get atverb	To manage to gain access to.
devilnoun	(theology) The chief devil; Satan.
gravelnoun	(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
nettlenoun	Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
get toverb	(transitive) To reach or arrive at (a physical or abstract destination, or state of doing a certain activity).
miffnoun	A small argument; a quarrel.
aggravateverb	(by extension) To make (any bad thing) worse.
perturbverb	To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
angernoun	A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation.
rile upverb	To rile; to aggravate.
stir upverb	(transitive) To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).
agitateverb	(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
stirverb	(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.