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roil

verb

1 roil

Be agitated.

synonyms: boil, churn, moil.

Roget 653: be unclean, become unclean etc. adj.; rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek; stink etc. 401; mold, ... show more

Dutch: woelen, agiteren, schuimbekken, briesen, zieden, razen, koken

2 roil

Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of.

synonym: rile.

Roget 898: hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe; recoil at, shudder at; shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate; scowl ... show more

Dutch: storen, kwaad maken, ergeren


Moby thesaurus: adiaphanousness, aggravate, agitate, agitation, annoy, arouse, badger, bait, be at, be turbulent, beat, beat up, bedevil, beset, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, bristle ... show more.

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