ROILED

churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent

(adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; ā€œthe riverā€™s roiling currentā€; ā€œturbulent rapidsā€

annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung

(adjective) aroused to impatience or anger; ā€œmade an irritated gestureā€; ā€œfeeling nettled from the constant teasingā€; ā€œpeeved about being left outā€; ā€œfelt really pissed at her snootinessā€; ā€œriled no end by his liesā€; ā€œroiled by the delayā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

roiled

simple past tense and past participle of roil

Anagrams

• Del Rio, Delrio, lordie

Source: Wiktionary


ROIL

Roil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Roiling.] Etym: [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.

2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex. That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. R. North.

Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.

Roil, v. i.

1. To wander; to roam. [Obs.]

2. To romp. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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22 February 2025

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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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