riling

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.

   Synonyms:

   aggravate, irritate, trouble, vex, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, burn someone's ass

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

   Synonyms:

   anger, affront, aggravate, antagonize, awrath, burn up, cheese off, cross, embitter, envenom