roiling
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7.6
- adjective
- /ˈrɔɪlɪŋ/
:
agitado
- The storm even made its presence known near my home in Wisconsin when the waters of Lake Michigan stirred up into an angry, roiling mass of gray-brown.
It's that roiling resentment volcano that's just exploding and exploding the resentment.
- It's that roiling resentment volcano that's just exploding and exploding the resentment.
- Amorphous, roiling, hungry, shape chaos, shape God act.
Examples
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The roiling surface of the soup indicated that it was boiling vigorously on the stove.
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It's that roiling resentment volcano that's just exploding and exploding the resentment.
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Amorphous, roiling, hungry, shape chaos, shape God act.
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And so as this one hit the runway, the nose split off and it's just roiling the flame and the nose spins off and comes straight A camera.
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Apparently, what transfixed them both, in different ways, was when she started to come: a great, roiling orgasm that shook her body and, wherever it was secreted, her soul.
Fiction book (1997) -
They're they're they're boiling, roiling, contracting, heating, pulsing.
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The ocean was a roiling mass of waves as the storm approached, creating a chaotic scene on the horizon.
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He watched the roiling waters of the river, furious and churning after the heavy rains.
Synonyms
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4.8
To move violently or feel upset and restless inside
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3.7
To move liquid so it splashes or to walk through water making splashing sounds
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8.5
To make water or other liquid move strongly and become cloudy
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5.3
To rise and fall in a regular way like waves
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6.6
Moving fast in a violent, irregular way that is not smooth
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5.9
To make liquid move and spill around inside a container
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6.3
To bubble or boil strongly
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8.8
Make water muddy by stirring up dirt
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4.4
A liquid that is shaken or stirred so it moves and mixes
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6.0
A surface or material that strong movement makes rough and messy
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6.4
Very rough and stormy, with strong wind and big waves
Water that moves in strong, swirling ways
Water that is cloudy and moving roughly
To move or be tossed about in rough water
A strong movement forward or upward like a wave
Full of large rounded shapes that move outward, like cloth, smoke, or clouds
Water or other liquid that has mud mixed into it
To move and swirl roughly, as water in a storm
To move or splash with force and noise
Antonyms
How Turbulent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Roiling comes from the verb roil, which originally meant 'to stir up' or 'make water muddy'. Think of it like 'boiling'—water moved so hard it looks rough and wild, which is why roiling describes a liquid that is moving in a very rough, violent way.