'Roil' definitions:
Definition of 'roil'
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Definition of 'Roil'
From: GCIDE
- Roil \Roil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Roiling.] [Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF. roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See Roll, v., and cf. Rile.]
- 1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc., in casks or bottles; to roil a spring. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex. [1913 Webster]
- That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. --R. North. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Roil'
From: GCIDE
- Roil \Roil\, v. i.
- 1. To wander; to roam. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To romp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'roil'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adiaphanousness,
- aggravate,
- agitate,
- agitation,
- annoy,
- arouse,
- badger,
- bait,
- be at,
- be turbulent,
- beat,
- beat up,
- bedevil,
- beset,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- bother,
- bristle,
- brouhaha,
- brown off,
- bug,
- bullyrag,
- burn up,
- bustle,
- carouse,
- chafe,
- chivy,
- churn,
- churn up,
- cloudiness,
- commotion,
- conturbation,
- convulse,
- create a disturbance,
- create a riot,
- cut loose,
- darkness,
- devil,
- dimness,
- disarrange,
- discompose,
- discomposure,
- disorder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- distemper,
- disturb,
- disturbance,
- dog,
- ebullition,
- embitter,
- embroilment,
- exasperate,
- excite,
- excitement,
- exercise,
- fash,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgets,
- flap,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutteration,
- foment,
- fret,
- fume,
- fuss,
- get,
- go berserk,
- gripe,
- harass,
- harry,
- heckle,
- hector,
- hound,
- hubbub,
- huff,
- hurly-burly,
- imperviousness to light,
- incense,
- inflame,
- inquietude,
- intransparency,
- irk,
- irritate,
- jitters,
- jumpiness,
- maelstrom,
- make a commotion,
- make an ado,
- make trouble,
- malaise,
- miff,
- mill,
- mill around,
- moil,
- molest,
- nag,
- needle,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- nettle,
- nudzh,
- obscurity,
- opacity,
- opaque,
- opaqueness,
- paddle,
- peeve,
- persecute,
- perturb,
- perturbate,
- perturbation,
- pester,
- pick on,
- pique,
- plague,
- pluck the beard,
- pother,
- provoke,
- raise a ruckus,
- raise a rumpus,
- raise a storm,
- rankle,
- restlessness,
- ride,
- rile,
- riot,
- ripple,
- roiledness,
- roister,
- roughen,
- rout,
- row,
- ruffle,
- rumple,
- run amok,
- run riot,
- run wild,
- seethe,
- seething,
- set up,
- shake,
- shake up,
- stir,
- stir the blood,
- stir up,
- swirl,
- tease,
- to-do,
- torment,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- trouble,
- try the patience,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- turbidity,
- turbidness,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- tweak the nose,
- twitter,
- unease,
- unrest,
- upset,
- vex,
- whip,
- whip up,
- whisk,
- work up,
- worry