Verb: rile rI(-u)l
- 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]
- [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