roil

  • 11roil — verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1590 transitive verb 1. a. to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of b. to stir up ; disturb, disorder < changes that have roiled the country > 2. rile …

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  • 12roil — /royl/, v.t. 1. to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment. 2. to disturb or disquiet; irritate; vex: to be roiled by a delay. v.i. 3. to move or proceed turbulently. [1580 90; orig. uncert.] Syn. 2. annoy, fret, ruffle,&#8230; …

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  • 13ROIL — Remington Oil and Gas Corporation (Business » NASDAQ Symbols) *** Relative OIL (Business » Stock Exchange) * Real price of OIL (Business » Stock Exchange) * Reverse Opt In List (Academic & Science » Mathematics) * Random Offensive Insults and&#8230; …

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  • 14roil — Synonyms and related words: adiaphanousness, aggravate, agitate, agitation, annoy, arouse, badger, bait, be at, be turbulent, beat, beat up, bedevil, beset, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, bristle, brouhaha, brown off, bug, bullyrag,&#8230; …

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  • 15roil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disturb, vex, annoy. See discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. irritate, annoy, agitate, stir up; see bother 2 , 3 , disturb 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. cloud, muddy, agitate, stir up,&#8230; …

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  • 16roil — v. a. == rove about. Rel. Ant. ii. 175. ON. hrolla …

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  • 17roil — rɔɪl v. make turbid, make muddy; annoy, irritate …

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  • 18roil — [rɔɪl] verb 1》 make (a liquid) turbid by disturbing the sediment.     ↘(of a liquid) move in a turbulent manner. 2》 US term for rile (in sense 1). Derivatives roily adjective (N. Amer.). Origin C16: perh. from OFr. ruiler mix mortar …

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  • 19ROIL — abbr. Remington Oil and Gas Cor NASDAQ …

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  • 20roil — v. a. 1. Make turbid, rile. 2. Vex, disturb, plague, anger, rile, irritate, worry, annoy, bother. 3. Perplex …

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