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verb (used with object)
1.
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
2.
to disturb or disquiet; irritate; vex: to be roiled by a delay.
verb (used without object)
3.
to move or proceed turbulently.
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Roil
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Origin:
1580–90; origin uncertain
1580–90; origin uncertain
Related forms
un·roiled, adjective
Synonyms
2. annoy, fret, ruffle, exasperate, provoke, rile.
2. annoy, fret, ruffle, exasperate, provoke, rile.
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Example Sentences
- In summer the roads roil with bicycles and mopeds and minicars and joggers and walkers.
- The announcement is sure to roil an already bubbling controversy over the value of that screening.
- The accusations are the latest of many to roil the church.
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World English Dictionary
| roil (rɔɪl) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to make (a liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up dregs or sediment |
| 2. | (intr) (esp of a liquid) to be agitated or disturbed |
| 3. | dialect (intr) to be noisy or boisterous |
| 4. | (tr) another word (now rare) for rile |
| [C16: of unknown origin; compare | |
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Word Origin & History
roil
1590, probably from M.Fr. rouiller "to rust, make muddy," from O.Fr. rouil "mud, rust," from V.L. *robicula, from L. robigo "rust" (see robust). M.E. roil meant "to roam or rove about."
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