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Synonyms
aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, eat, exasperate, frost, gall, get, grate, gripe, hack (off), irk, irritate, itch, nark [British], nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rasp, ruffle, spite, vex
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But Lombardo, who graduated this year from Wesleyan University, and his four roommates know better than most how their presence in the neighborhood has riled some of the longtime residents. — Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, "Southie’s line in the sand is at M Street Beach," 23 Aug. 2019 Protestors have also been riled by recent allegations of police brutality. — Tara John, CNN, "Why Hong Kong is protesting," 13 Aug. 2019 What happened on April 13 has riled the small island’s population and has raised uncomfortable questions about class, privilege and the deference shown to tourists, who drive the local economy. — Michael Wilson, New York Times, "The Caribbean Resort, the Investment Banker and the Dead Handyman," 9 Aug. 2019 The digital tax has also riled Republican and Democratic members of Congress. — Washington Post, "Trump vows to retaliate against French digital tax," 26 July 2019 The topics touching on sensitive areas have riled Muslims who embrace a literal reading of the Quran, the Muslim holy book. — Fox News, "Tunisian fundamentalists protest report on sexual equality," 11 Aug. 2018 All of this started when Trump got riled up by a Saturday morning segment on Fox News. — Brian Stelter, CNN, "Baltimore Sun takes on Trump's attacks with searing columns, news and fact-checks," 3 Aug. 2019 However, former communication strategist for Justice Neil Gorsuch Ron Bonjean warned that such a push by Democrats could backfire and rile up the conservative base for the midterms. — Adam Shaw, Fox News, "Democrats float more Kavanaugh investigations, impeachment even if he is confirmed," 22 Sep. 2018 Raimondo backed the presidential campaigns of Pat Buchanan in 1992, 1996 and 2000, over shared views against military action in Bosnia, which befuddled many LGBT activists riled by Buchanan’s antigay rhetoric. — Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, "Justin Raimondo, longtime Bay Area antiwar activist and writer, dies," 29 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'rile.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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