Synonyms for roil
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Rile — to annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord
rile, vex, disturb, irritate, annoy, inflame, bother, rankle, bedevil, stir up, provoke, get, irk, aggravate, rile up, exasperate, worry, molest, upset, burn up, plague, trouble
2. Stir — to render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of
stir, agitate, inturbidate dated rare
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
dust storms roiling the skies
- v. 2
To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
- v. 3
To bubble, seethe.
Related words
- Word family
- roily
Forms
- Past participle
- roiled
e.g. roiled → riled, vexed, disturbed, irritated…
Example sentences
- bedevil Inflation continues to bedevil the global economy.
- rankle His bitter words still rankle in my mind.
- muddy In late autumn this road was always muddy and wet.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, vex1, irk1
- 4 letters
- stir1, boil1, rile1
- 5 letters
- worry2, upset2, muddy2, annoy2, churn1, moyle1
- 6 letters
- bother2, plague1, molest2, rankle2
- 7 letters
- trouble2, disturb2, provoke2, inflame2, agitate3, bedevil3
- 8 letters
- irritate3
- 9 letters
- aggravate3
- 10 letters
- exasperate4
- 11 letters
- inturbidate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (worry2 = 2 syllables).