Crossword clues for roiling
roiling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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.
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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.
Wiktionary
n. The motion of something that roils; a bubbling or seething. vb. (present participle of roil English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "roiling".
Clouds roiled above us, gathering with purpose and darkness, a roiling mix, blotting out the sun.
The low, rhythmic rumble, the fine spray of the roiling bath, gradually beckoned her to another world, a world of simpler, far more pleasant memories.
Meriel shrugged, a sick, miserable feeling roiling in the pit of her stomach.
Thawed water exploded to roiling froth, then flattened, subservient to her bidding.
Mirthlvain Swamp, and packs of venomous methspawn stirred in their roiling thousands, Sethvir fretted behind his sealed eyelids.
The rings fled away and collided, entangled with other sets roiling from elsewhere, their vast confluence a sea of quivering, mercuric energy.
Others in pitched battle seized on their chance as the roiling pall of smoke broke the nerve of well-disciplined mounts, and hazed the Alliance host into reeling retreat.
Nothing I have ever seen can compare to it, unless it be the seas roiling under the duress of the Master of the Straits.
The red was reflected in the roiling surface of the nearby lake, beyond the vague outlines of houses.
A massive brown-red spot, a self-organizing island of stability, sailed through the roiling storms.
She raised a muddy fist to her mouth in horror and tore her eyes from the roiling skies.
Rivers of spiders flowed toward them, roiling and surging like a single beast.
The demoness lay wrapped in shadows, her pale skin roiling and flowing with inky blackness while ebony flames of darkfire danced across her skin.
The roiling mist was like a living creature, more substantive even than the ghostly images of the neighboring buildings.
A cracking roar echoed to him from behind, followed by a roiling wall of rock dust that flew up from the deeper corridors to swallow the company.