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present participle of roil
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1
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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2
to make angry
- the clerk's brusque refusal of her request roiled her enough to prompt a complaint to his supervisor
Synonyms for roiling
- angering,
- enraging,
- incensing,
- inflaming
- (also enflaming),
- infuriating,
- iring,
- maddening,
- madding,
- outraging,
- rankling,
- riling,
- steaming up,
- ticking off
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“Roiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roiling. Accessed 21 Jan. 2022.
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