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Definition of rile : 1. To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.
2. To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex.

Synonyms:

tantalize, peeve, reprimand, jaw, nettle, bawl out, baffle, fret, remonstrate, churn, ride, mystify, devil, pain, amaze, bug, flummox, gravel, excoriate, taunt, rally, boil, lambaste, pose, commove, progress to, dumbfound, rub, chafe, dun, call on the carpet, fray, bewilder, put out, call down, get at, scold, get, exasperate, aggravate, torment, moil, cod, reproof, gall, inconvenience oneself, crucify, disoblige, lecture, stir up, agitate, inconvenience, raise up, reach, scratch, nark, worry, discommode, stick, make, puzzle, rebuke, get to, bedevil, chew out, trounce, tantalise, have words, rag, shake up, chide, take to task, trouble oneself, nonplus, trouble, perplex, urticate, berate, chew up, dress down, incommode, ruffle, frustrate, vex, beat, stupefy, twit, bait, feelings, irk, access, roil, tease, razz, lambast

anger, provoke, disgust, repel, shock, aggrieve, annoy, irritate, offend, scandalize, grate, displease, jar, bother, disappoint, disturb

Usage examples:

• The years deal kindly with good men, and we find a clearer and richer quality in these verses where the ferment is over and the rile has quietly settled. - "The Function Of The Poet And Other Essays", James Russell Lowell.
• It doesn't even rile me terribly, knowing that Dad wasn't all crook, knowing he believed his idea was good for everybody, and was trying to get funds to put it across. - "Comet's Burial", Raymond Zinke Gallun.
• " You're enough to rile a parson," said Nick. - "The Sweep Winner", Nat Gould.