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Verb rile has 2 senses
- annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil - 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"
--1 is one way to displease
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to rile Sue
- roil, rile - make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
--2 is one way to agitate, vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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