Adjective riled has 1 sense
- annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stunng - 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"
Antonym: pleased (indirect, via displeased)
,
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
,