rilesome

English

Etymology

From rile +‎ -some.

Adjective

rilesome (comparative more rilesome, superlative most rilesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by riling; roilsome
    • 2010, Lauren Kessler, My Teenage Werewolf:
      Away from the immediate heat of our relationship—like when she's at school—I think to myself that I might even enjoy the wild energy her rilesome nature brings to my life if it weren't so evident that so much of the time the pain she causes me is anything but inadvertent.
    • 2013, Ivan Doig, English Creek:
      I can run that remark of Alec's through my ears a dozen times now and find no particular reason for it to be rilesome.
    • 2015, Michael Kilian, Bad Girl Blues:
      Les bonnes temps, Andy. Laissez les bonnes temps rouler encore. And I sure as shit wouldn't do anything rilesome about Senator Boone and his indiscreet love life.
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