roil

• POS: Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

roil, v. t. [Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF. roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See Roll, v., and cf. Rile.].

•  To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.  [1913 Webster]
•  To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.  [1913 Webster]

  " Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile."  [1913 Webster]

  "That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly."  [1913 Webster]

roil, v. i. 

•  To wander; to roam.  [1913 Webster]
•  To romp.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

roil, v.tr.
1 make (a liquid) turbid by agitating it.
2 US = RILE 1.

Etymology

perh. f. OF ruiler mix mortar f. LL regulare regulate

THESAURUS

roil

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, burn up, bustle, carouse, chafe, chivy, churn, churn up, cloudiness, commotion, conturbation, convulse, create a disturbance, create a riot, cut loose, darkness, devil, dimness, disarrange, discompose, discomposure, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, disturb, disturbance, dog, ebullition, embitter, embroilment, exasperate, excite, excitement, exercise, fash, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgets, flap, flurry, fluster, flutteration, foment, fret, fume, fuss, get, go berserk, gripe, harass, harry, heckle, hector, hound, hubbub, huff, hurly-burly, imperviousness to light, incense, inflame, inquietude, intransparency, irk, irritate, jitters, jumpiness, maelstrom, make a commotion, make an ado, make trouble, malaise, miff, mill, mill around, moil, molest, nag, needle, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, nettle, nudzh, obscurity, opacity, opaque, opaqueness, paddle, peeve, persecute, perturb, perturbate, perturbation, pester, pick on, pique, plague, pluck the beard, pother, provoke, raise a ruckus, raise a rumpus, raise a storm, rankle, restlessness, ride, rile, riot, ripple, roiledness, roister, roughen, rout, row, ruffle, rumple, run amok, run riot, run wild, seethe, seething, set up, shake, shake up, stir, stir the blood, stir up, swirl, tease, to-do, torment, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, try the patience, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbidness, turbulence, turmoil, tweak the nose, twitter, unease, unrest, upset, vex, whip, whip up, whisk, work up, worry

ROGET THESAURUS

roil

Uncleanness

VB be unclean, become unclean, rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek, stink, mold, molder, go bad, render unclean, dirt, dirty, daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear, smirch, begrease, dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle, spatter, slubber, besmear, bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul, splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven, corrupt, cover with dust, drabble in the mud, roil, wallow in the mire, slobber, slabber.

Hate

VB hate, detest, abominate, abhor, loathe, recoil at, shudder at, shrink from, view with horror, hold in abomination, revolt against, execrate, scowl, disrelish, owe a grudge, bear spleen, bear a grudge, bear malice, conceive an aversion to, take a dislike to, excite hatred, provoke hatred, be hateful, stink in the nostrils, estrange, alienate, repel, set against, sow dissension, set by the ears, envenom, incense, irritate, rile, horrify, roil.