Synonyms for rile

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1. annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil(verb)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   nark, dumbfound, get at, reproof, chide, bait, mystify, urticate, fret, dun, cod, razz, crucify, stick, bedevil, reprimand, reach, amaze, lambaste, devil, get to, rub, tantalise, frustrate, annoy, chew out, beat, lambast, trounce, tease, taunt, roil, access, berate, chew up, disoblige, torment, stupefy, lecture, trouble oneself, agitate, put out, rag, discommode, inconvenience oneself, ride, bewilder, dress down, irritate, tantalize, stir up, rally, make, remonstrate, flummox, incommode, get, baffle, jaw, rebuke, worry, pose, vex, inconvenience, perplex, raise up, bother, gravel, disturb, take to task, fray, gall, puzzle, trouble, bawl out, scratch, nettle, progress to, call on the carpet, commove, twit, excoriate, have words, chafe, scold, call down, shake up, nonplus

2. roil, rile(verb)

   make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

   Synonyms:
   boil, devil, nettle, chafe, vex, irritate, churn, bother, annoy, roil, rag, nark, get to, get at, moil, gravel

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1. rile(verb)

   Synonyms:
   annoy, aggravate, anger

2. rile(verb)

   to make angry

   Synonyms:
   aggravate, annoy, anger

3. rile(verb)

   to stir or move from a state of calm or order

   Synonyms:
   annoy, anger, aggravate

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1. rile(v)

   Synonyms:
   roil, anger, vex, offend

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1. Justice Neil Gorsuch Ron Bonjean:

   Ronald Krotoszynski Jr. said. 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. I think that would just fire up the conservative base big time and... conservative voters would n’t like that and they ’d be pretty fired up going into the November elections, that’s for sure.

2. Megan Rapinoe:

   Get me on the bus, get me on one of those planes, i want to rile people up ! Something about me is motivating people to do something, or people are interested.

3. Barack Obama:

   Well, what is true is that the ability of Republican leaders to rile up their base -- helped along by folks like Rush Limbaugh and some commentators on Fox News -- I think created an environment in which Republican voters would punish Republicans from cooperating with me, that hothouse of back-and-forth arguments and really sharp partisanship I think has been harmful to the country.

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