"rile up" meaning in All languages combined

See rile up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: riles up [present, singular, third-person], riling up [participle, present], riled up [participle, past], riled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rile up (third-person singular simple present riles up, present participle riling up, simple past and past participle riled up)
  1. To rile; to aggravate.

Inflected forms

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          "word": "annoy"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "antagonize"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "bother"
        },
        {
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        {
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          "word": "bug"
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          "word": "bedevil"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "exasperate"
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          "word": "frustrate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get up"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "grotch"
        },
        {
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          "word": "hack off"
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          "word": "hassle"
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          "word": "irritate"
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        {
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          "word": "jazz"
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        {
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          "word": "molest"
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        {
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          "word": "mommick"
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          "word": "nark"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "pee off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "peeve"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "persecute"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "pique"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "piss off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "provoke"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "rile"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "rile up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "roil"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "storm"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "test someone's patience"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "tick off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "trouble"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "try one's patience"
        },
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          "word": "vex"
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          "word": "wind up"
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        {
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          "word": "Idioms:"
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          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "boil someone's piss"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "chap someone's hide"
        },
        {
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          "word": "get on someone's nerves"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "get on someone's tits"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get on someone's wick"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get someone's back up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get someone's dander up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get someone's goat"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get someone's Irish up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get someone's nanny"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get someone's nanny-goat"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get under one's goat"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "give someone the shits"
        },
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          "word": "grind one's gears"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "harsh one's mellow"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "put someone's back up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "raise someone's hackles"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "rub someone the wrong way"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "rub up the wrong way"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "ruffle someone's feathers"
        },
        {
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          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "tee off"
        },
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "torque off"
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}
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          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "bedevil"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "cheese off"
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          "word": "devil"
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          "word": "exasperate"
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          "word": "frustrate"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get up"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "grotch"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "hack off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "hassle"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "irk"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "irritate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "jazz"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "molest"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "nark"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "pee off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "peeve"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "persecute"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "pique"
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "piss off"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "provoke"
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        {
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          "word": "rile"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "rile up"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "roil"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "storm"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "test someone's patience"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tick off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "trouble"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "try one's patience"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "vex"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "wind up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "Idioms:"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "boil someone's piss"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "chap someone's hide"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get on someone's nerves"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "get on someone's tits"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get on someone's wick"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get someone's back up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get someone's dander up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get someone's goat"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get someone's Irish up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get someone's nanny"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get someone's nanny-goat"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "get under one's goat"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "tags": [
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            "colloquial",
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "give someone the shits"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "grind one's gears"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "harsh one's mellow"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "put someone's back up"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "raise someone's hackles"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "rub someone the wrong way"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "rub up the wrong way"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "word": "ruffle someone's feathers"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "tee off"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "torque off"
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