Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rile
Participle: riled
Gerund: riling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rile |
| you | rile |
| he;she;it | riles |
| we | rile |
| you | rile |
| they | rile |
Perfect
| I | have riled |
| you | have riled |
| he;she;it | has riled |
| we | have riled |
| you | have riled |
| they | have riled |
Past
| I | riled |
| you | riled |
| he;she;it | riled |
| we | riled |
| you | riled |
| they | riled |
Pluperfect
| I | had riled |
| you | had riled |
| he;she;it | had riled |
| we | had riled |
| you | had riled |
| they | had riled |
Future
| I | will rile |
| you | will rile |
| he;she;it | will rile |
| we | will rile |
| you | will rile |
| they | will rile |
Future Perfect
| I | will have riled |
| you | will have riled |
| he;she;it | will have riled |
| we | will have riled |
| you | will have riled |
| they | will have riled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rile |
| you | rile |
| he;she;it | rile |
| we | rile |
| you | rile |
| they | rile |
Perfect
| I | have riled |
| you | have riled |
| he;she;it | have riled |
| we | have riled |
| you | have riled |
| they | have riled |
Imperfect
| I | riled |
| you | riled |
| he;she;it | riled |
| we | riled |
| you | riled |
| they | riled |
Pluperfect
| I | had riled |
| you | had riled |
| he;she;it | had riled |
| we | had riled |
| you | had riled |
| they | had riled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rile |
| you | would rile |
| he;she;it | would rile |
| we | would rile |
| you | would rile |
| they | would rile |
Perfect
| I | would have riled |
| you | would have riled |
| he;she;it | would have riled |
| we | would have riled |
| you | would have riled |
| they | would have riled |
Imperative
| you | rile |
| we | Let's rile |
| you | rile |
Verbs conjugated like 'rile'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rile'
bile,
file,
hile,
pile,
rice,
ride,
rifle,
rike,
rill,
rime,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause someone to be upset or displeased
- aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bother, bug, chap someone's hide, exasperate, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's wick, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, get up, give someone the shits, grind one's gears, grotch, hack off, harsh one's mellow, hassle, irk, jazz, nark, peeve, provoke, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, rub the wrong way, ruffle some feathers, ruffle someone's feathers, tick off, try one's patience, vex, wind up
- to evoke extreme anger in a person (or animal)
- awrath, gall, get one's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, get to, honk off, inflame, infuriate, madden, make someone see red, make someone's blood boil, nark, offend, outrage, provoke, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, raise someone's shag, rattle someone's cage, roil, rub the wrong way, ruffle some feathers, steam, enrage
- irritate
- exasperate, gall, aggravate, anger, annoy, provoke
Antonyms
- irritate
- appease, conciliate, delight, mollify
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From a dialectal pronunciation of roil.
Sample Sentences
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“ Boh ! ” said Tom, “ _don’t_ I know ? — don't make me too sick with any yer stuff,—my stomach is a leetle riled now; ” and Tom drank half a glass of raw brandy.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)