Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   rile

   /rīl/

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) annoyed or irritated: informal "it was his air of knowing all the answers that riled her"
   • 2. make (water) turbulent or muddy: North American "he'd been drinking sweet, clear water from a well, and now that water had been muddied and riled"

   Word Origin early 18th century: apparently a variant of roil.

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points