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Definition of Roiled
1. Adjective. Aroused to impatience or anger. "Roiled by the delay"
Similar to: Displeased
2. Adjective. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence. "Turbulent rapids"
Similar to: Agitated
Derivative terms: Turbulence, Turbulency
Definition of Roiled
1. Verb. (past of roil) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roiled
1. roil [v] - See also: roil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roiled
Literary usage of Roiled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"The state was not very much roiled with faction, till he was taken from practice
to the seat of justice, and had more latitude to divert himself with ..."
2. Cambria Steel: A Handbook of Information Relating to Structural Steel by Cambria Steel Co, George Edward Thackray (1916)
"(b) Tension and bend test specimens for plates, shapes and bars, except as
specified in paragraph (c), shall be of the full thickness of material as roiled, ..."
3. Works of J. Fenimore Cooper by James Fenimore Cooper (1893)
"ever, was reported good, and we went to work and roiled up all our rags. In half
an hour the ship was snug, riding by the stream, with a strong current, ..."
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