roiled : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: roiled	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for roiled
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roiled adj aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing"; "peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the delay" Synonym(s): annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled, steamed, stung (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" Synonym(s): churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roil \Roil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roiling}.] [Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF. roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See {Roll}, v., and cf. {Rile}.] 1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc., in casks or bottles; to roil a spring. 2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex. That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. --R. North. Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.