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riling |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb rile 2 senses of rile Sense 1 annoy, rag, get to bother, get at irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil => get => eat into fret, rankle, grate => peeve => ruffle => fret => harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke => torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate => antagonize, antagonise Sense 2 roil, rile => muddle, puddle Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb rile 2 senses of rile Sense 1 annoy, rag, get to bother, get at irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil => get => eat into fret, rankle, grate => peeve => ruffle => fret => harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke => nettle, needle, goad => torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate => madden => hamstring => tease, badger, harass, pester, bug, beleaguer => persecute, oppress, harass => purge => haze => antagonize, antagonise Sense 2 roil, rile => muddle, puddle Entailment of verb rile Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb rile 2 senses of rile Sense 1 annoy, rag, get to bother, get at irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil => displease Sense 2 roil, rile => agitate, disturb, commove, shake up stir up raise up Familiarity of verb rile rile used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb rile Sense 1 annoy, rag, get to bother, get at irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil => displease -------------- Sense 2 roil, rile => agitate, disturb, commove, shake up stir up raise up -------------- Overview of verb rile The verb rile has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. annoy, rag, get to bother, get at irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil -- (cause annoyance in disturb, esp. by minor irritations: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves") 2. roil, rile -- (make turbid by stirring up the sediments of) Overview of verb rile The verb rile has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. annoy, rag, get to bother, get at irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil -- (cause annoyance in disturb, esp. by minor irritations: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves") 2. roil, rile -- (make turbid by stirring up the sediments of)
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