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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil]
2: make turbid by stirring up the sediments of [syn: roil, rile]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (riled; riling) Etymology: variant of roil Date: 1624 1. to make agitated and angry ; upset 2. roil 1 Synonyms: see irritate

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 colloq. anger, irritate. 2 US make (water) turbulent or muddy. Etymology: var. of ROIL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rile Rile (r[imac]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riled (r[imac]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Riling.] [See Roil.] 1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil. 2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex. Note: In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in the United States.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(riles, riling, riled) If something riles you, it makes you angry. Cancellations and late departures rarely rile him. VERB: V n • riled He saw I was riled. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Stir up, roil, render turbid. 2. Vex, anger, irritate (colloq.).

Moby Thesaurus

aggravate, agitate, annoy, arouse, badger, bait, be at, beat, beat up, bedevil, beset, bother, bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, chafe, chivy, churn, churn up, convulse, devil, disarrange, discompose, disquiet, distemper, disturb, dog, embitter, exasperate, excite, exercise, fash, ferment, flurry, fret, get, grate, gripe, harass, harry, heckle, hector, hound, huff, incense, inflame, irk, irritate, miff, molest, mud, muddle, muddy, nag, needle, nettle, nudzh, paddle, peeve, persecute, perturb, perturbate, pester, pick on, pique, plague, pluck the beard, pother, provoke, put out, rankle, ride, ripple, roil, roughen, ruffle, rumple, set up, shake, shake up, stir, stir the blood, stir up, swirl, tease, torment, trouble, try the patience, tweak the nose, upset, vex, whip, whip up, whisk, work up, worry