roiled
Made murky, unsettled
Roiled means stirred up or agitated.
Water becomes roiled when sediment is disturbed: The storm roiled the usually calm lake.
The word extends to emotions and situations: roiled markets, roiled by controversy.
To roil someone is to irritate or upset them.
The word overlaps with riled, and the two are sometimes confused or used interchangeably.
Violently agitated or disturbed
- churningAgitated circular motion
- stirredMixed by circular motion
- unsettledNot yet resolved
- disturbedEmotionally or mentally unsettled
swirling · tempestuous · stormy · tumultuous · seething · restless · choppy · frothing
turbulent
Violently agitated or disturbed
disturbed · swirling · tempestuous · stormy · tumultuous · seething · restless · choppy · frothing · whipped
upset
Disturb, topple, or shock
incensed · inflamed · vexed · disturbed · unsettled · agitated · perturbed · ruffled · annoyed · stirred up
whirlpool
Rotating water formation
tempest · churning · eddies · currents · wake · undertow · swirl · froth · foam · surge