Rile \Rile\ (r[imac]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Riled} (r[imac]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Riling}.] [See {Roil}.] 1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.
2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex.
Note: In both senses provincial in England and colloquial in the United States.
The proposals, advanced before, are expected to rile many lawmakers.
And most recently, the government conceded that it has been illegally censoring films that it worried might rile Beijing.
Top civil servants don't normally like to rile their prime ministers, but then Sir Tim Lankester is hardly a conventional bureaucrat.
And agenda items that most rile Southerners, such as bills for civil rights and against striker replacements, are critical to many liberals and labor allies.
Hungary's enthusiastic welcome for President Bush and some of the comments made by its leaders may rile Budapest's East bloc allies.
Any move toward tougher federal regulation of the municipal-bond market would rile states' rights proponents.