Synonyms of roiled

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adjective

1

as in enraged

feeling or showing anger

he waited until he wasn't so obviously roiled before voicing a complaint to the manager

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enraged
• infuriated
• angry
• angered
• outraged
• indignant
• furious
• mad
• ballistic
• infuriate
• riled
• inflamed
• sore
• incensed
• irate
• livid
• rabid
• apoplectic
• steaming
• hot
• fuming
• rankled
• passionate
• annoyed
• wrathful
• irritable
• foaming
• hot under the collar
• bent out of shape
• choleric
• in a huff
• ireful
• hopping mad
• fit to be tied
• blue in the face
• in a pet
• wroth
• in a fume
• seething
• aggravated
• ticked
• hopping
• exasperated
• cheesed off
• boiling
• going crook
• shirty
• bristling
• steamed up
• stormy
• rancorous
• horn-mad
• acrimonious
• embittered
• virulent
• smoldering
• teed off
• acrid
• antagonistic
• cross
• unpleasant
• sizzling
• frigid
• riley
• vitriolic
• icy
• wrought (up)
• resentful
• burning
• inimical
• perturbed
• malevolent
• vengeful
• vindictive
• fretful
• distant
• worked up
• antipathetic
• spiteful
• bilious
• bristly
• disagreeable
• ranting
• huffy
• cold
• sulky
• unfriendly
• irascible
• piqued
• contentious
• petulant
• testy
• peevish
• bitter
• snappish
• cantankerous
• pugnacious
• touchy
• dyspeptic
• inflammable
• raving
• belligerent
• disapproving
• antisocial
• querulous
• quarrelsome
• disputatious
• grouchy
• churlish
• ornery
• grumpy
• ill-tempered
• cool
• cranky
• crabby
• bearish
• contrary
• sorehead
• fussy
• ill-humored
• argumentative
• quick-tempered
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delighted
• accepting
• pleased
• agreeable
• amenable
• accommodating
• friendly
• cordial
• complaisant
• happy
• satisfied
• sympathetic
• calm
• amicable
• content
• angerless
• placid
• obliging
• tranquil
• serene
• tolerant
• pleasant
• peaceable
• pacific
• understanding
• empathetic
• sweet
• kind
• amiable
• good-natured
• genial
• easygoing
• affable
• unembittered
• good-tempered

2

as in muddy

having visible particles in liquid suspension

the roiled water made more difficult the work of the divers searching the river for the missing canoeists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• muddy
• turbid
• murky
• muddied
• cloudy
• puddled
• dingy
• muddled
• hazy
• unfiltered
• scummy
• riley
• inky
• opaque
• filmy
• sludgy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clear
• crystalline
• crystal clear
• filtered
• purified
• transparent
• colorless
• clarified
• uncolored

roiled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of roil

1

as in swirled

to be in a state of violent rolling motion

the waters of the gulf tossed and roiled as the hurricane surged toward the shore

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swirled
• churned
• boiled
• seethed
• whirled
• spun
• stirred
• reeled
• moiled
• agitated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• subsided
• abated
• calmed

2

as in angered

to make angry

the clerk's brusque refusal of her request roiled her enough to prompt a complaint to his supervisor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angered
• infuriated
• enraged
• outraged
• annoyed
• riled
• irritated
• rankled
• inflamed
• maddened
• incensed
• provoked
• offended
• aggravated
• steamed up
• ired
• ticked off
• madded
• vexed
• nettled
• crossed
• ruffled
• exasperated
• affronted
• rubbed the wrong way
• piqued
• huffed
• got one's goat
• miffed
• burned (up)
• antagonized
• peeved
• embittered
• got
• put out
• envenomed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleased
• delighted
• gratified
• relieved
• allayed
• soothed
• comforted
• assuaged
• consoled
• quieted
• calmed
• settled
• appeased
• pacified
• mollified
• lulled
• captivated
• charmed
• enchanted
• placated
• disarmed
• bewitched
• beguiled
• conciliated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of roiled

Verb

And days before Election Day, a surprise endorsement for Rogers from El-Sayed's Democratic primary opponent, Haley Stevens, roiled an already contentious race, with Democrats criticizing Stevens and Republicans welcoming her support. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

However, his remarks Friday at a news conference in Anchorage offered the first public acknowledgment of that inquiry, which has roiled the state’s tight Senate race in the final days before the vote. — Jeremy Roebuck, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2026

The midterm elections in Ohio have been roiled by Ramaswamy’s decision to bankroll an ad featuring the estranged mother of Democratic rival Amy Acton. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026

One reason for the AI recovery rally may be that the market is feeling a little better about the AI funding worries that roiled markets last week. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026

These included Capra’s weak-kneed response to the anti-Communist crusade that roiled mid-20th-century Hollywood and his occasional failure to adequately credit his collaborators. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

More than 50,000 people are estimated to have died across Europe’s cities during the brutal heat waves that roiled the continent this summer — making this year’s heat the region’s deadliest on record, according to a new analysis. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

The addition of this ad so close to Election Day roiled races in Ohio up and down the ballot. — Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Nationwide protests over the high cost of living roiled France on Saturday, adding to turmoil over public spending and debt ahead of a critical vote in the National Assembly. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026