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riled

rile
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [rahyl]
    • /raɪl/
    • /raɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rahyl]
    • /raɪl/

Definitions of riled word

  • verb with object riled to irritate or vex. 1
  • verb with object riled to roil (water or the like). 1
  • adjective riled annoyed or angered; irritated 0

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Origin of riled

First appearance:

before 1815
One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25; variant of roil

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Riled

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

riled popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for riled

adj riled

  • angered — a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
  • angry — When you are angry, you feel strong dislike or impatience about something.
  • anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
  • bent out of shape — very angry, upset, or agitated
  • buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.

adjective riled

  • aggravated — Aggravated is used to describe a serious crime which involves violence.
  • annoyed — If you are annoyed, you are fairly angry about something.
  • enraged — Very angry; furious.
  • exasperated — Simple past tense and past participle of exasperate.
  • infuriated — to make furious; enrage.

verb riled

  • goosed — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
  • got — a simple past tense and past participle of get.
  • grated — Produced by grating.
  • innervated — to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
  • innerved — Simple past tense and past participle of innerve.

Antonyms for riled

verb riled

  • mellowed — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.

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