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riles

riles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rile.

Meaning of rile

Verb

rile (third-person singular simple present riles, present participle riling, simple past and past participle riled)

  1. To stir or move from a state of calm or order.
    • Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day.
  2. To make angry.
    • Nothing riles an anti-mosque demonstrator more than being called a bigot.2010 August 30, Charlie Brooker, “Buzzwords for blowhards”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 May 2023

Phrases with riles

Questions about riles

What is riles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Riles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rile.

Words near riles in the dictionary

  1. riled up
  2. rilek
  3. rileked
  4. rileking
  5. rileks
  6. riles
  7. riles up
  8. rilesome
  9. Riley
  10. Riley County
  11. Riley-Day syndrome

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