roil

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ɹɔɪl/

Verb

roil (roils, present participle roiling; past and past participle roiled)

1. (transitive) To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.

   Synonyms: agitate

   To roil wine, cider, etc, in casks or bottles

   To roil a spring.

2. (transitive) To annoy; to make someone angry.

   Synonyms: irritate, rile

   • That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him exceedingly.

3. (intransitive) To bubble, seethe.
4. (obsolete, intransitive) To wander; to roam.
5. (obsolete, UK, dialect, intransitive) To romp.

Translations

• French: troubler
• German: trüben
• Italian: intorbidare, rendere torbido
• Portuguese: turvar, turbar
• Russian: мути́ть
• Spanish: enturbiar

Translations

• French: énerver, irriter, fâcher
• German: ärgern
• Portuguese: irritar, incomodar, importunar
• Russian: раздража́ть
• Spanish: molestar, enfurecer

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