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roiling

verb

present participle of roil
1
as in swirling
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
as in angering
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 roiling The heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an average temperature record for the June-July period set in 2022, according to the European climate agency Copernicus. — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026 Skip to main content Country legend, activist, and all-around good guy Willie Nelson has weighed in on the data-center debate that is currently roiling America’s city council meetings and political races. — Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 28 July 2026 During the many scenes of roiling seas and inevitable shipwrecks, the shaking met the action appropriately. — Matt Minton, Variety, 22 July 2026 Carson knew that Belafonte would address issues then roiling the country that would, that summer, explode into riots. — Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Vanity Fair, 21 July 2026 Trump hadn’t yet declared war on Iran, but the country was roiling with protests, which had been harshly suppressed. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 Within the past week, three people have been killed, leading to an international outcry, roiling a key Senate race and raising concern among civil liberties experts that armed immigration agents continue to operate in America with impunity. — Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 15 July 2026 Graphic videos of the shooting flooded social media and politicians on both sides of the aisle condemned the killing – one example of the political violence roiling America in recent years. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026 Rescue efforts continued Friday amid roiling floodwaters in parts of southeast Missouri, where nearly a foot of rain fell in some areas earlier in the day and more was expected. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 10 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roiling
  1. swirling
  2. angering
  3. churning
  4. infuriating
  5. boiling
  6. enraging
  7. seething
  8. outraging
Verb
  • But what about the broad lines, supposedly caused by hydrogen swirling fast around a black hole?
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce After Kelce gushed about catching Swift’s Eras Tour and attempting to meet the singer backstage in July 2023, rumors began swirling about what might be going on between the superstar pair.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of swirling
Verb
  • Rebecca regrets angering Matthijs (Matteo van der Grijn) after putting his daughter in the middle of a heated discussion around the possibility of Matthijs moving to London.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Two go-their-own-way Democrats bucked the party on a routine procedural vote, angering colleagues and raising a red flag about potential party divisions to come.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of angering
Verb
  • Somehow, beneath the surface of some cheerful Schubert song, anxiety and sadness seem to be churning.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Hawaii has dealt with impacts from multiple hurricanes in recent weeks, while Southern California continues to see dangerous surf from a tropical system churning several hundred miles offshore, the second such event to affect the region this season.
    — Dan Peck, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of churning
Verb
  • But maybe that low point and the unexpected departure of Stokes and the return of Joe Root as Test captain ahead of the white-ball skipper has proved a turning point for one of the most gifted but infuriating batters of his generation.
    — Paul Newman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • There are a variety of reasons for this — from reasonable to infuriating — why those who paid higher prices won’t be getting refunds.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of infuriating
Verb
  • Those materials were most likely prepared by boiling animal skin and connective tissue.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Waiting for Lefty The actor Steven Pasquale makes his directing debut with this revival of Clifford Odets’s 1935 play made famous by the Group Theatre, about the boiling tensions of a Depression-era New York cabdrivers’ strike.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of boiling
Verb
  • North Carolina and Bill Belichick got zero, no doubt enraging girlfriend Jordon Hudson.
    — Greg Cote August 2, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Before the agreement was announced, Israeli forces struck in Beirut, enraging Trump, who has publicly expressed his fury with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
Definition of enraging
Verb
  • Villains dating hot blondes has the traditional golf journalists seething while SeanJo, myself and Nightcaps legend Zach Dean sit back and just smile.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Ser Criston Cole, more than perhaps any other character in this story, is seething with resentment.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of seething
Verb
  • The Hitlerite hordes are murdering and outraging the peaceful inhabitants of our country, having no mercy on women, children or old people.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • On Day 1 of the truce, and in the days since, Israel has stepped up attacks against Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, in Lebanon, outraging Iran and leading to accusations the terms had been breached.
    — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of outraging

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“Roiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roiling. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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