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Verb: rile  rI(-u)l
  1. Cause annoyance, especially by persistent minor irritations
    "His constant interruptions rile the entire team";
    - annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at [informal], irritate, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, gravel [US], vex, chafe [archaic], devil, tick off [informal], roil [N. Amer]
     
  2. [N. Amer] Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
    "The protesters riled up the crowd";
    - roil

Derived forms: riles, riled, riling

Type of: agitate, displease, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up