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- Dictionaryroily/ˈrɔɪli/
adjective
- 1. muddy; turbulent: North American "those waters were roily, high and muddy"
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The meaning of ROILY is full of sediment or dregs : muddy. How to use roily in a sentence.
adjective. rare. cloudy or muddy. Discover More. Word History and Origins. Origin of roily 1. First recorded in 1815–25; roil + -y 1. Discover More. Example Sentences. A week of hot sunshine had filled the Toba River bank full of roily water when Hollister breasted its current again. From Project Gutenberg.
IPA guide. Definitions of roily. adjective. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence. synonyms: churning, roiled, roiling, turbulent. agitated. physically disturbed or set in motion.
Roily is an adjective that means cloudy or muddy, or agitated. Learn how to use it in sentences, see its origin and frequency, and compare it with other words that end with -y.
adjective. 1. Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended: cloudy, muddy, murky, roiled, turbid. 2. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
Synonyms for ROILY: silty, loamy, clayey, slimy, muddy, oozy, mucky, slushy; Antonyms of ROILY: sparkling, unsullied, clean, spotless, immaculate, antiseptic, pristine, unstained
to cause something to stop working in the usual or expected way: Fears about Japan roiled world financial markets last week. The immigration debate has roiled the country for more than a year. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of roil from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
