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verb

Rile v. t. (past & past part. riled; pres. part. riling)

To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.

To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex. Note: In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in the United States.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Riled" Quotes from Famous Books

... didn't mean it that way at all," said the man. "I beg your pardon, I'm sure. But a bobcat won't hardly ever attack a grown person, unless it's cornered. I reckon this one must have been riled about suthin' and thought to claw up the tots a bit. I happened to be around, so I jest natcherally plunked him—beggin' your ...

— The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms - Or Lost in the Wilds of Florida • Laura Lee Hope

... bundles off to the witness-box, and takes some outlandish oath or other with immense gusto, after which he starts telling the Jury a long rambling rigmarole, and is awfully riled when the old Judge pulls him up, which he does about every other minute. This is the sort of thing ...

— Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. • F. Anstey

... "Riled, mister? Jest a little bit, eh? All right. You'll cool down by the time I've got the custom-house chap here, and then we ...

— The Golden Magnet • George Manville Fenn

... says, 'Look-a-heah!' she says, 'I want you niggers to understan' dat I wa'n't bawn in de mash be fool' by trash! I's one o' de ole Blue Hen's chickens, I is!' an' den she clar' dat kitchen an' bandage' up de chile herse'f. So I says dat word, too, when I's riled. ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... sorry I riled you, Sergeant," said Imbrie with a grin. "I was a bit carried off my feet by the situation. I'll be more careful hereafter. Untie this ...

— The Woman from Outside - [on Swan River] • Hulbert Footner

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