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as in enraged
feeling or showing anger
he waited until he wasn't so obviously roiled before voicing a complaint to the manager
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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
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as in angered
to make angry
the clerk's brusque refusal of her request roiled her enough to prompt a complaint to his supervisor
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Recent Examples of roiled
Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Since early 2022, 112 million poultry birds — mostly turkeys and egg-laying hens — have been violently killed in an effort to slow the spread of a bird flu outbreak that has roiled the poultry industry for nearly three years now.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
The Israel-Hamas war, in particular, roiled Democratic and GOP primaries this past cycle — even when there wasn’t a competitive contest.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 1 Jan. 2025
Texas Republicans have been roiled by internal turmoil and power struggles within the party in recent years.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2024
The Adams administration has been roiled by criminal investigations.
—Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
The essential early spoiler is that Paul and Lydia are still roiled with grief from the murder of their teenage son three years earlier.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
The raids came as opposition lawmakers were trying to resubmit a motion to impeach Yoon, 63, as the country that has had a long history of military-authoritarian rule has been roiled Yoon’s actions.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
The schoolbooks and sandals were among hundreds of items that belonged to Afghans who died in the many conflicts that have roiled the country.
—Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
Revolutions roiled America and Europe for a half-century, but Jefferson held fast to noting weather’s daily whirl.
—Sara Georgini, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Since early 2022, 112 million poultry birds — mostly turkeys and egg-laying hens — have been violently killed in an effort to slow the spread of a bird flu outbreak that has roiled the poultry industry for nearly three years now.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025
The Israel-Hamas war, in particular, roiled Democratic and GOP primaries this past cycle — even when there wasn’t a competitive contest.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 1 Jan. 2025
Texas Republicans have been roiled by internal turmoil and power struggles within the party in recent years.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2024
The Adams administration has been roiled by criminal investigations.
—Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
The essential early spoiler is that Paul and Lydia are still roiled with grief from the murder of their teenage son three years earlier.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
The raids came as opposition lawmakers were trying to resubmit a motion to impeach Yoon, 63, as the country that has had a long history of military-authoritarian rule has been roiled Yoon’s actions.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
The schoolbooks and sandals were among hundreds of items that belonged to Afghans who died in the many conflicts that have roiled the country.
—Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roiled
Adjective
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Furthermore, stormy weather in Stockholm meant the muddy pitch would favour the hosts’ more pragmatic style.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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Earlier pressings of this record sounded muddy and boxed in, but here, the piano sparkles and the guitar cuts.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
19 June 2025
Verb
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Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.—
Alex Marquardt,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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On the engineering side, the plan is to design a better speaker, targeting the ideal frequency response for a turbid ecosystem, and doing so in a way that drives down the cost.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 Nov. 2024
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Grass carp make the water more turbid; stiltgrass and common reed can block sight lines and reduce property values; and sea lamprey are a shocking sight when they are attached to sport fish.—
Caitlin Looby,
Journal Sentinel,
12 Sep. 2024
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In the wake of a cyclone, surface water temperatures plummet, and nutrient-rich deeper layers are churned upward.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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But other areas that had been under the control of the Kachin resistance were also churned up for rare earth mining, residents say.—
Hannah Beech,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Without Flagg, asking angry fans for more money may have sent Welts back into another round of retirement.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
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Mamdani’s victory fits the emerging pattern of angry and fed-up voters from across the spectrum, as some notable anti-establishment populists have swept to victory in the US and across the globe on both the left and the right.—
Time,
Time,
26 June 2025
Verb
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The sketch opened with Mikey Day as Jesus, recreating the scene from the Bible in which Christ visits the temple and gets enraged at seeing money changers transacting business within its walls.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2025
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While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Apr. 2025
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The policy outraged customers as going-out-of-business sales continue and some argued there was little notice to redeem their store value.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In a memorable photo from a G-7 summit during his first term, the U.S. president sat, arms crossed, glaring at an indignant German Chancellor Angela Merkel.—
JENNIFER LIND,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Facing this deluge of information and personalities, Kelley’s Fact Checker is less indignant and sure-footed than Fingal, and in this uncertainty takes an important next step.—
Isabel Clara Ruehl
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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“Roiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roiled. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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