Synonyms of roiling

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swirling
• churning
• boiling
• seething
• whirling
• spinning
• stirring
• moiling
• reeling
• agitating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• subsiding
• calming
• abating

• subsiding
• calming
• abating

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angering
• infuriating
• enraging
• outraging
• enflaming
• inflaming
• rankling
• annoying
• irritating
• riling
• maddening
• madding
• incensing
• offending
• iring
• ticking off
• aggravating
• provoking
• steaming up
• vexing
• nettling
• ruffling
• exasperating
• rubbing the wrong way
• huffing
• affronting
• crossing
• burning (up)
• piquing
• getting one's goat
• antagonizing
• getting
• embittering
• miffing
• putting out
• peeving
• envenoming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gratifying
• pleasing
• relieving
• delighting
• soothing
• comforting
• allaying
• consoling
• settling
• calming
• assuaging
• quieting
• appeasing
• pacifying
• placating
• charming
• conciliating
• captivating
• bewitching
• disarming
• mollifying
• enchanting
• lulling
• beguiling

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• gratifying
• pleasing
• relieving
• delighting
• soothing
• comforting
• allaying
• consoling
• settling
• calming
• assuaging
• quieting
• appeasing
• pacifying
• placating
• charming
• conciliating
• captivating
• bewitching
• disarming
• mollifying
• enchanting
• lulling
• beguiling

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