Roil
(verb)
- To make (a liquid) cloudy or muddy by stirring up sediment.
- To make (someone) very angry or upset.
- To make (something) turbulent or disturbed.
Origin:
Origin uncertain.
Examples:
- The boat's wake roiled the surface of the lake.
- Her words roiled the crowd.
- His stomach was roiled by the news.
- The stock market was roiled by the announcement.
- The controversy roiled the community for weeks.