See rile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "“Boh!” said Tom, “don’t I know?—don’t make me too sick with any yer stuff,—my stomach is a leetle riled now;” and Tom drank half a glass of raw brandy.",
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"word": "storm"
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "get someone's Irish up"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
"word": "get someone's nanny"
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{
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"word": "get someone's nanny-goat"
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"word": "get under one's goat"
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"word": "give someone the shits"
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"word": "grind one's gears"
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"source": "Thesaurus:annoy",
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"word": "rub someone the wrong way"
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:enrage",
"word": "incense"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:enrage",
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{
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"word": "piss off"
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"source": "Thesaurus:enrage",
"word": "set off"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:enrage",
"word": "steam"
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{
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"word": "tick off"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:enrage",
"word": "get one's back up"
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"word": "make someone's blood boil"
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{
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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:enrage",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:enrage",
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{
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"word": "rub the wrong way"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:enrage",
"word": "ruffle some feathers"
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{
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"tags": [
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"word": "set up someone's birse"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎrdja",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "сърдя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "draznja",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "дразня"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "lézt na nervy"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "vytáčet"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "štvát"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "ärsyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "suututtaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "aufbringen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "reizen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "ärgern"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "bosszant"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "dühít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "kihoz a sodrából"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "iracigar"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "whakariri"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "whakatakariri"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zlitʹ",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "злить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razdražatʹ",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "раздражать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "encolerizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "irritar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "sacar de quicio"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "mang-inis"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "inisin"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to anger, annoy",
"word": "kızdırmak"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to incite",
"word": "ärsyttää"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to incite",
"word": "izgat"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to incite",
"word": "incitar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to incite",
"word": "sacar de quicio"
}
],
"word": "rile"
}
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