roil
[verb]
Synonyms: mud, muddle, muddy, rile, irritate, aggravate, burn (up), exasperate, grate, inflame, nettle, peeve, provoke

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Contrasted words: clear, purify, settle
Related Words: befoul, contaminate, dirty, pollute

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roil verb

1. [transitive] (North American English)
   (also rile British and North American English)
   roil somebody to annoy somebody or make them angry
2. [intransitive, transitive] (literary) (of a liquid, cloud, surface, etc.) to move quickly and violently in different directions; to make a liquid, cloud, surface, etc. move quickly and violently in different directions
   • ● The waves roiled and crashed up against the side of the ship.
   • ● The clouds roiled above in the dark sky.
   • roil something
     ● Winds often roil the sea here.
   • (figurative)
     ● The collapse of the mortgage sector has roiled markets.
   • ● The minister was accused of roiling the political waters.

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