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adjective

Definition of rilingnext
as in annoying
causing annoyance a riling habit that drives his wife crazy

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riling

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verb

present participle of rile
1
as in bothering
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts one sure way to rile me is to keep yelling for me

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2
as in angering
to make angry her husband isn't easily riled, but once he is, he stays that way for days

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riling
  1. annoying
  2. bothering
  3. angering
  4. irritating
  5. frustrating
  6. disturbing
  7. aggravating
Adjective
  • This is expected on hybrids, battery-electric vehicles and plug-ins as the brakes first must work through the regenerative motion, but this can become annoying with a traditional setup.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • All those annoying texts and calls should stop after today.
    Carl Weiser, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of annoying
Verb
  • Is the trend of sales taking a route that is bothering you?
    Hitendra Patil, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • In many cases, states have stopped bothering to make legal justifications at all, the Human Rights Committee report warned.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of bothering
Verb
  • This is exemplified by the ways in which people were tying themselves in knots to appropriately grieve Payne’s death without angering anyone critical of his alleged behavior.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The new plan would do away with two of those lanes, angering some motorists and bus operators.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of angering
Adjective
  • And in one of its most irritating adaptation choices this season, TROP places Tom Bombadil under its light-or-shadow umbrella, too, reshaping J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved and enigmatic woodman character into little more than a Yoda knockoff sagely leading Gandalf in song and toward an obvious destiny.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Contact dermatitis is characterized by inflammatory skin symptoms that appear after touching an irritating substance or an allergen.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of irritating
Adjective
  • Kody quickly came to Robyn’s defense, further frustrating Janelle.
    Liza Esquibias, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Not all of these ideas will pan out, but if any do, the next few years could bring an inflection point in treating some of the most frustrating and intractable diseases of our modern era.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of frustrating
Adjective
  • The issue is complicated by the fact that those on X likely see Musk's posts with almost disturbing regularity.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • These are just some of the disturbing incidents that have taken place in the last 10 days alone.
    Tess Owen, WIRED, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of disturbing
Verb
  • That could cause lower crop yields and water shortages, aggravating global hunger.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Airborne dust poses the risk of aggravating respiratory diseases.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of aggravating
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