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

• calming
• abating
• subsiding

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
• inflaming
• rankling
• annoying
• irritating
• riling
• maddening
• madding
• incensing
• offending
• iring
• ticking off
• provoking
• aggravating
• steaming up
• vexing
• nettling
• ruffling
• exasperating
• rubbing the wrong way
• affronting
• huffing
• crossing
• burning (up)
• piquing
• getting one's goat
• antagonizing
• embittering
• getting
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of roiling

Traders are betting inflation rates will remain higher for longer, roiling global politics. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026

This has been a tumultuous time in Serbia, which has faced roiling protests for nearly two years in the wake of a devastating train station tragedy that claimed 16 lives. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

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

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