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Roil   Listen
verb
Roil  v. t.  (past & past part. roiled; pres. part. roiling)  
1.
To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc., in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.
2.
To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex. "That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him (Judge Jeffreys) exceedingly." Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.






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Words linked to "Roil" :   vex, rile, commove, stir up, agitate, puddle, disturb, roll, moil, seethe, muddle, shake up, raise up, boil, churn, move



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