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Synonyms for rile

39 synonyms
1 antonym
2 meanings

verb

Most common

irritate irk roil rankle offend infuriate

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Annoy — to stir or move from a state of calm or order

annoy, roil, vex, irritate, bother, irk, rankle, get, get to, exasperate, upset, burn up, get at, aggravate, devil, pique, nettle, persecute, molest, trouble, ruffle, bedevil

2. Offend — to make angry

offend, infuriate, anger, inflame, provoke, outrage, put out, gall, madden, incense, embitter, envenom, enrage, rouse, stir, affront, disquiet

Antonyms

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Definitions

v. 1
To stir or move from a state of calm or order.
Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me.
v. 2
To make angry.

Related words

Phrases: rile up

Forms

Past participle: riled
e.g. riled → annoyed, roiled, vexed, irritated…

Example sentences

irritate What kind of things does Tom do that irritate you?
roil The news of Russian election interference will roil parliament.
rankle His bitter words still rankle in my mind.
offend I can never allow you to offend my wife like this.
infuriate Sami's behavior started to infuriate Layla.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
rile		rising
irritate		rising
irk		steady
roil		rising
rankle		rising
offend		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: get¹, vex¹, irk¹
4 letters: stir¹, gall¹, roil¹
5 letters: upset², anger², devil², annoy², rouse¹, pique¹
6 letters: bother², offend², madden², ruffle², nettle², molest², enrage², rankle²
7 letters: trouble², outrage², provoke², incense², affront², inflame², bedevil³, envenom
8 letters: irritate³, disquiet³, embitter³
9 letters: aggravate³, persecute³, infuriate⁴
10 letters: exasperate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (upset² = 2 syllables).