ROIL Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

roil

verb

ˈrȯi(-ə)l

Definition of roil

as in to swirl

to be in a state of violent rolling motion the waters of the gulf tossed and roiled as the hurricane surged toward the shore

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as in to anger

to make angry the clerk's brusque refusal of her request roiled her enough to prompt a complaint to his supervisor

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Recent Examples of roil While the charges against LeVota continue to roil Jackson County, some leaders are hoping the fractured county can soon move past its longstanding controversies. — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026 The revelation is the latest example of how engaging the technology — and obfuscating such use — can roil audiences eager to support new films. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 Tariff upheaval has roiled trading relationships on a global scale, but an ongoing dialogue is taking place between brands and their suppliers. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 4 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 See All Example Sentences for roil

Recent Examples of Synonyms for roil

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Much has changed on the ground in Chicago since Ahmed left town for Dubai as investigations swirled around him.

— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Starting Friday, the strong wind shear that’s been swirling in the Atlantic all season and keeping most storms at bay is expected to pick up again, wearing away at Dolly.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of swirl

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That angered Michigan Democrats who were frustrated with El-Sayed, and brought Jeffries and other Democrats into the fray, putting the candidate El-Sayed had invested the most in on the defensive.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
The president is defending the data center boom as GOP officials across the country turn against projects that have angered voters.

— Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of anger

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Ashcroft keeps the pace steady and the atmosphere churning, while Deming conjures a more generic but perfectly effective air of menace in damp shades of brown and teal.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
Peaceful, lush green valleys are transformed in an instant with the violence of churning water.

— Matteo Moschella, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of churn

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The White House’s abrupt decision last week to ease tariffs on 300,000 metric tons — more than 660 million pounds — of foreign beef imports has infuriated American cattle ranchers and congressional Republicans alike.

— Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
The heated rhetoric has infuriated and astonished most Canadians; in a recent poll, seventy-six per cent supported the decision of the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, to walk away from trade talks with Washington.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of infuriate

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Getting that apparently trivial behavior working involved Home Assistant, MQTT, custom software, and more Claude, Codex and ChatGPT tokens than one should reasonably associate with boiling pasta.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2026
The clip, filmed last month, appeared to show a young man standing on a table at a Haidilao branch in Shanghai urinating into a vat of boiling broth.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of boil

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The hiring of the Catalan content creator, however, has only served to enrage the public, rather than enticing them to watch the race.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
The comment at a rally last Sunday titillated, provoked and enraged different audiences simultaneously, all but guaranteeing saturation news coverage and even more attention.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of enrage

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Villains dating hot blondes has the traditional golf journalists seething while SeanJo, myself and Nightcaps legend Zach Dean sit back and just smile.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
In the very human-scale role of Chef, all that glamour and pageantry seethes just beneath the skin.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

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