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roiled
| Main Entry: |
roiled
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, dirty, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy*, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, roily, rugged, squally, stormy, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly*, unmusical, violent, wild |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset |
| Synonyms: | agitate, anger, annoy, foul, make turbid, muddy, rile, stir, vex |
| Main Entry: | roil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate |
| Synonyms: | agitate, annoy, bother, displease, disquiet, disturb, rile, stir up, vex |
| Main Entry: | disordered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a mess |
| Synonyms: | all over the place, confused, deranged, disarranged, discombobulated, disconnected, discontinuous, disjointed, dislocated, disorganized, displaced, in confusion, incoherent, jumbled, mislaid, misplaced, molested, moved, muddled, out-of-place, removed, roiled, ruffled, rumpled, shifted, shuffled, stirred up, tampered-with, tangled, tossed, tousled, tumbled, unsettled, untidy |
| Antonyms: | arranged, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematic, systematized, trim |
| Main Entry: | roily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | turbid |
| Synonyms: | blurred, cloudy, confused, dark, dense, dim, dismal, dull, dusky, emulsified, foggy, gloomy, heavy*, indefinite, indistinct, leaden, lowering, misty, mucky, muddy, murky, mushy, nebulous, nontranslucent, nontransparent, not clear, nubilous, obscure, opaque, overcast, roiled, somber, sullen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roily |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, dirty, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy*, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, roiled, rugged, squally, stormy, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly*, unmusical, violent, wild |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | displease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make unhappy |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, anger, annoy, antagonize, bother, cap, chagrin, cool, curdle, cut to the quick, disappoint, discontent, disgruntle, disgust, disoblige, dissatisfy, enrage, exasperate, fret, frustrate, gall, hurt, incense, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, perplex, pique, play dirty, provoke, put out, repel, revolt, rile, roil, sound, turn off, upset, vex, wing*, worry, zing |
| Antonyms: | appease, calm, compose, delight, humor, make happy, please, satisfy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exasperate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, provoke |
| Synonyms: | T-off, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, bug*, disturb, drive up the wall, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, excite, gall, get under one's skin, get*, incense, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, madden, make waves, needle, nettle, peeve, pique, rankle, rile, roil, rouse, try the patience of, vex, work up |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, ease, placate, please, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, irritate |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, annoy, bedevil, bother, burn, chafe, chide, disturb, exasperate, fret, grate, harass, harry, inflame, irk, nag, peeve, pester, plague, provoke, rile, roil, rub, ruffle, scrape, torment, trouble, vex, worry |
| Antonyms: | cheer, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, make happy |
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