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riled

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  riled 
  adj  :  aroused  to  impatience  or  anger;  "made  an  irritated  gesture"; 
  "feeling  nettled  from  the  constant  teasing";  "peeved 
  about  being  left  out";  "felt  really  pissed  at  her 
  snootiness";  "riled  no  end  by  his  lies";  "roiled  by  the 
  delay"  [syn:  {annoyed},  {irritated},  {nettled},  {peeved}, 
  {pissed},  {roiled},  {stung}]




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