| Main Entry: | roil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate |
Synonyms: |
agitate, annoy, bother, displease, disquiet, disturb, rile, stir up, vex |
| Main Entry: | roil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset |
Synonyms: |
agitate, anger, annoy, foul, make turbid, muddy, rile, stir, vex |
| Main Entry: | roiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
Synonyms: |
agitated, blustering, blustery, boisterous, buffeting, cacophonous, choppy, coarse, dirty, discordant, dry, furious, grating, gruff, harsh, heavy*, hoarse, husky, inclement, inharmonious, jarring, raging, rasping, raucous, roily, rugged, squally, stormy, stridulent, tempestuous, tumultous/tumultuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly*, unmusical, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | roiled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | turbid |
Synonyms: |
blurred, cloudy, confused, dark, dense, dim, dismal, dull, dusky, emulsified, foggy, gloomy, heavy*, indefinite, indistinct, leaden, lowering, misty, mucky, muddy, murky, mushy, nebulous, nontranslucent, nontransparent, not clear, nubilous, obscure, opaque, overcast, roily, somber, sullen |
| Main Entry: | disordered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a mess |
Synonyms: |
all over the place, confused, deranged, disarranged, discombobulated, disconnected, discontinuous, disjointed, dislocated, disorganized, displaced, in confusion, incoherent, jumbled, mislaid, misplaced, molested, moved, muddled, out-of-place, removed, roiled, ruffled, rumpled, shifted, shuffled, stirred up, tampered-with, tangled, tossed, tousled, tumbled, unsettled, untidy |
Antonyms: |
arranged, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematic, systematized, trim |
| Main Entry: | displease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make unhappy |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, anger, annoy, antagonize, bother, cap, chagrin, cool, curdle, cut to the quick, disappoint, discontent, disgruntle, disgust, disoblige, dissatisfy, enrage, exasperate, fret, frustrate, gall, hurt, incense, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, perplex, pique, play dirty, provoke, put out, repel, revolt, rile, roil, sound, turn off, upset, vex, wing*, worry, zing |
Antonyms: |
appease, calm, compose, delight, humor, make happy, please, satisfy |
| Main Entry: | exasperate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, provoke |
Synonyms: |
T-off, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, bug*, disturb, drive up the wall, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, excite, gall, get under one's skin, get*, incense, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, madden, make waves, needle, nettle, peeve, pique, rankle, rile, roil, rouse, try the patience of, vex, work up |
Antonyms: |
calm, comfort, ease, placate, please, soothe |
| Main Entry: | gall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, irritate |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, annoy, bedevil, bother, burn, chafe, chide, disturb, exasperate, fret, grate, harass, harry, inflame, irk, nag, peeve, pester, plague, provoke, rile, roil, rub, ruffle, scrape, torment, trouble, vex, worry |
Antonyms: |
cheer, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, make happy |
| Main Entry: | inflame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anger, aggravate |
Synonyms: |
agitate, annoy, arouse, burn, disturb, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fan, fire, fire up, foment, gall, get*, grate, heat, heat up, ignite, impassion, incense, increase, infuriate, intensify, intoxicate, irritate, kindle, light, madden, provoke, put out, rile, roil, rouse, steam up, stimulate, vex, worsen |
Antonyms: |
alleviate, appease, cool, pacify, placate, put out, quench, soothe, tranquilize |
| Main Entry: | irritate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, anger |
Synonyms: |
abrade, affront, aggravate, annoy, bother, bug*, burn*, chafe, confuse, distemper, disturb, drive up the wall, enrage, exasperate, fret, gall, get, get on nerves, get under skin, grate, harass, incense, inflame, infuriate, irk, madden, needle, nettle, offend, pain, peeve, pester, pique, provoke, put out, rankle, rasp, rattle, rile, roil, rub the wrong way, ruffle, sour, try, vex |
| Notes: | aggravate means 'to add to' an already troublesome or vexing matter or condition while irritate means 'to vex, annoy, or chafe' irritate means 'inflame' (originally 'excite, rouse'); aggravate means 'worsen' |
Antonyms: |
aid, assuage, delight, help, please |