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roiled

ADJECTIVE

rough

Synonyms

STRONG

agitated blustering buffeting dirty dry grating jarring raging rasping

WEAK

blustery boisterous cacophonous choppy coarse discordant furious gruff harsh heavy hoarse husky inclement inharmonious raucous roily rugged squally stormy stridulent tempestuous tumultuous turbulent ugly unmusical violent wild

ADJECTIVE

turbid

Synonyms

STRONG

blurred confused dim dull emulsified lowering muddy obscure overcast

WEAK

cloudy dark dense dismal dusky foggy gloomy heavy indefinite indistinct leaden misty mucky murky mushy nebulous nontranslucent nontransparent not clear nubilous opaque roily somber sullen

Antonyms

STRONG

bright clear intelligent light smart

Example Sentences

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Roiled by an oil price spike and dour August business soundings, world markets struggled again on Wednesday as they assessed a messy disinflation picture that complicates prospects hopes for peak interest rates.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2023

Roiled by the unrest, many universities moved classes online this week.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2022

Q. Roiled in residency: My boyfriend is about six months into his first year of a medical residency program.

From Slate • Nov. 9, 2020

Roiled by the latest unrest, universities canceled classes from Monday to Friday.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2019

"No motion has she now; no force, She neither hears nor sees, Roiled round in earth's diurnal course With rocks and stones and trees."

From English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge by Mair, G. H. (George Herbert)

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