ROILED Synonyms: 242 Similar and Opposite Words

roiled 1 of 2

adjective

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

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

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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

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Meanwhile, Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran has roiled the global energy markets and sent the cost of gas and jet fuel soaring. —

Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 11 June 2026 The Rams plans for a smooth transition to training camp, however, were roiled this week when veteran left tackle Alaric Jackson was arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence. —

Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 The appointment last week of Pulte, the 38-year-old director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, roiled congressional negotiations around section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, one of the nation's most important surveillance tools. —

Eric McDaniel, NPR, 11 June 2026 Ellison’s words may help soothe tensions at the program, which has been roiled in recent days and still faces a difficult summer without more full-time correspondents. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 June 2026 Homicide and nonfatal shooting totals fell again in 2023, but the city was roiled by robbery and carjacking crews responsible for an overall uptick in violence. —

Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026 In many ways, the forces that roiled New York during the second half of the 1980s anticipated those that would roil America over the subsequent decades. —

Kevin Lozano, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026 Meanwhile, the state’s unemployment division has been roiled by internal and external investigations amid staff whistleblower complaints. —

Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 31 May 2026 Williams’ ruling could reignite a case that has roiled Washington, where the deal arranged between the president, Internal Revenue Service and Department of Justice has been met with bipartisan outrage and questions about how the president could sue and settle with his own administration. —

Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026

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Then Oliver splashes his blameless girlfriend in the face, and the three men flee, chased by a group of enraged barflies.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
As referee Dan Engler was administering a 10-count, an enraged Drew McIntyre suddenly stormed the ring.

— Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025