riling

Meaning of riling

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. make (someone) annoyed or irritated.
    he has been riled by suggestions that his Arsenal future is in doubt
  2. make (water) turbulent or muddy.
    he'd been drinking sweet, clear water from a well, and now that water had been muddied and riled

early 19th century: variant of roil.

Information about riling

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of riling

ril-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • riling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

riling synonyms

Meaning make (someone) annoyed or a little angry:

irritate

Meaning make (someone) a little angry; irritate:

annoy

Meaning take the trouble to do something:

bother

Meaning make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters:

vex

Meaning deliberately make (someone) annoyed or angry:

provoke

Meaning make (someone) feel annoyed or dissatisfied:

displease

Meaning make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried:

upset

Meaning cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful:

offend

Meaning offend the modesty or values of:

affront

Meaning fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in:

anger

Meaning irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely:

exasperate

Meaning make (someone) extremely angry and impatient:

infuriate

Meaning bold and impudent behaviour:

gall

Meaning irritate; annoy:

irk

Meaning make (someone) angry or dissatisfied:

disgruntle

Meaning feel irritated or resentful:

pique

Meaning irritate or annoy (someone):

nettle

Meaning provoke or annoy (someone) by continual criticism or questioning:

needle

Meaning disconcert or upset the composure of (someone):

ruffle

Meaning annoy or irritate:

peeve

Meaning annoy or exasperate:

aggravate

Meaning annoy:

miff

Meaning annoy (someone) greatly:

get

Meaning annoy or bother (someone):

bug

Meaning cause annoyance to:

nark

Meaning annoy or irritate (someone):

rankle

Meaning sit on and control the movement of (an animal, typically a horse):

ride

Meaning cover (an area of ground) with gravel:

gravel

Meaning make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse:

exacerbate

Meaning carry (a heavy object) with difficulty:

hump

Meaning make a harsh, grating noise:

rasp

riling antonyms

Meaning stop (someone) being angry or discontented; placate:

conciliate

Meaning gently calm (a person or their feelings):

soothe

Anagrams of riling

riglin

Words that rhyme with riling

Ling, Coaling, Ealing, annealing, antiwhaling, appealing, autodialing, avaling, backpedaling, baling, bealing, berascaling, canaling, capitaling, charcoaling, coaling, concealing, congealing, countersealing, craaling, credentialing, crystaling, dealing, descaling, dialing, downscaling, embaling, empaling, ensealing, equaling, exhaling, fealing, foaling, forepaling, gealing, gimbaling, goaling, haling, healing, impaling, inhaling, initialing, instealing, interdealing, intervaling, journaling, keelhaling, kraaling, lateraling, localing

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