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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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roiled

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verb

past tense of roil

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Recent Examples of roiled
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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 Spain has been roiled by protests this fall around the issue of housing, as rental and home costs have risen in recent years beyond what many Spaniards can afford. — ABC News, 24 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 The unpopular war, which has roiled oil markets, has been a drag on Republicans in the midterms. — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 19 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 Protests by high school students angry about dilapidated, understaffed schools have roiled France since mid-September. — John Leicester, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roiled
Adjective
  • And not just any velociraptor, but the enraged dinosaur that pushed franchise champion Rachel Reilly into a volcano, thereby burning the reality TV icon to a crisp in a sea of lava.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Imagine the ripe smell of swamp-wet dogs, the acrid stench of overheated, enraged bear, the slippery warm blood of pack members already lost; the simply insufferable noise and confusion in that dank little hole.
    — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Living room furniture does not stand a chance against a shedding dog, a muddy paw or a cat with strong opinions about upholstery.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
  • On muddy gravel between the smokestacks and the water, a forklift held what looked like an enormous sack of sand.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
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  • Rumors have swirled about a new album from collaborators who quickly backpedaled on their statements.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Chatter swirled earlier in the week over the rumor that Jay-Z will recommend himself as the headlining performer for the Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show next year, which also takes place at SoFi Stadium.
    — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2026
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  • The ruling coalition angered the protesters by unexpectedly moving ahead with the plan in the lower house of Parliament two days ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Yet over the past year, Netanyahu has taken steps that angered Trump and others in his administration, including strikes in Lebanon and Gaza that undercut his regional peace efforts.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Legend has it that sad fates befell those who made her angry and happy ones those who were kind to her.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, angry residents continue to flood once-sleepy municipal board meetings, pressuring officials to reject data center proposals.
    — Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • But his script, co-written with regular collaborator Jack Coulter, is less impressive, welding together story scraps from other, better films to rather turbid, uninvolving effect.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Since then, shifting groundwater and agricultural activity nearby have made the water increasingly turbid.
    — Sarah Evans, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
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  • White froth churned as the slightly more alkaline water cascaded into the gray-blue harbor.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • And in September, Hurricane Marie churned up big waves that damaged oceanfront homes near Los Angeles before veering away from the coast.
    — Nicholas Grondin, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
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  • The deal surprised and infuriated Netanyahu, who tried without success to scuttle the final nuclear agreement, which was signed in 2015.
    — Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The lack of action has infuriated abuse survivors and their advocates.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026

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“Roiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roiled. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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