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rile.

To stir or move from a state of calm or order.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹaɪl/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/ɹɑel/Australia/ɹaɪl/New-Zealand[ɹɑe̯l]New-Zealand
  1. To stir or move from a state of calm or order.

    Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day.
    Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me.
  2. To make angry.

Where this word comes from

From a dialectal pronunciation of roil.

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