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Thesaurus: roiled

adjective

  1. Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended: cloudy, muddy, murky, roily, turbid. See clear/unclear.
  2. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: dirty, heavy, raging, roily, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild. See calm/agitation.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: aroused to impatience or anger
  Synonyms: annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, steamed, stung

Meaning #2: (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
  Synonyms: churning, roiling, roily, turbulent


 
 
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