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Verb: roil  roy(-u)l
  1. Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
    "The storm roiled the lake waters";
    - rile [N. Amer]
     
  2. Be agitated
    "the sea was roiling in the storm";
    - churn, boil, moil [N. Amer]
     
  3. [N. Amer] Cause annoyance, especially by persistent minor irritations
    "His constant interruptions roil the entire team";
    - annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at [informal], irritate, rile, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, gravel [US], vex, chafe [archaic], devil, tick off [informal]

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Derived forms: roiled, roiling, roils

Type of: agitate, displease, disturb, move, raise up, shake up, stir up