to rile
1
8.8
- verb
- /raɪl/
:
enturbiar
- For a long time after Dean, she couldn't bear to look out at the Sound; she was afraid when wind and storm riled the waves into chaos and, except in calm weather, refused to cross from Orient Point to New London because the ferry had to go through the Gut.
Examples
-
Be that as it may, Bloomberg says Apple now has 24 hours to add a three-sentence note on its homepage acknowledging "the incorrect statement" and link to a new notice, presumably one that won't rile up the judge.
Blog text (22) -
Cupid, who inflamed the couple, is weeping, and Poseidon, who riled up the sea, is leaving the scene on the left.
-
Then a commotion of shouts and groans riles the floor.
Fiction book (2002) -
The Republicans would rather destroy this economy, deny health care for all but the richest few, or rile up another war in Iran than let Obama have any successes and sit in "their" White House for another term.
Blog text (32) -
-Something's riled the horses.
-
They use the simple-minded and the poor, and they promise them things, and that's how they rile up their troops -- using religion," said Malakian, passionately.
Blog text (34) -
"Climate of Doubt" largely pins this explanation on the economic collapse and the Tea Party—and also, frankly, suggests that making Al Gore the poster child of global warming did a perfect job of riling the right.
Blog text (5) -
The boat's motor riled the calm water, creating ripples and swirling sediment.
-
As the fisherman cast his line, the movement of the aquatic plants riled the surface of the lake.
-
Heavy rain riled the river, turning it muddy and difficult to see through.
Synonyms
51
4.8
To move violently or feel upset and restless inside
18
8.5
To make water or other liquid move strongly and become cloudy
5
1.9
Make something dirty with mud or sediment
3
3.5
To make something dirty with mud
1
3.5
To make something dirty with wet dirt, for example shoes or floors
To make something dirty with mud or dirt
Antonyms
How Muddy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rile is like the older word roil, which meant 'to make muddy' by stirring up dirt in water. So, to rile water is simply to 'stir up' the sediment and make the water cloudy.