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Roil

/ɹɔɪl/

To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.

📖 Definitions of "Roil"

verb

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
churnnoun	(business, of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.
rileverb	(in particular) To make angry.
boilnoun	(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
moilnoun	To toil, to work hard.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
rileverb	(in particular) To make angry.
churnnoun	(business, of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.
moilnoun	To toil, to work hard.
boilnoun	(transitive, of liquids) To heat to the point where it begins to turn into a gas.
agitateverb	(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
disturbverb	(transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
irritateverb	(transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
vexverb	(transitive) To annoy, irritate.
muddyverb	Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (“wet soil”).
stir upverb	(transitive) To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).
troublenoun	A distressing or dangerous situation.
rufflenoun	Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
stirverb	(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
churn upverb	(transitive) To produce by churning.
ruffle upverb	(transitive) To disturb the smoothness of.
stoornoun	(UK dialectal) Stir; bustle; agitation; contention.
fretnoun	Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
turbulateverb	(transitive) To turn (a laminar flow) into a turbulent flow.
bubblenoun	A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
burblenoun	A gush of rapid speech.