Roily

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Roily \Roil"y\, a.
     Turbid; as, roily water.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  roily
       adj : (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence;
             "the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" [syn:
              {churning}, {roiling}, {roiled}, {turbulent}]
       [also: {roiliest}, {roilier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "roily":
     adiaphanous, amiss, askew, awry, cloudy, cockeyed, convulsed, dark,
     deranged, disarranged, discomfited, discomposed, disconcerted,
     dislocated, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, disturbed,
     grumly, haywire, impervious to light, in disorder, intransparent,
     misplaced, obscure, on the fritz, opaque, out of gear,
     out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter, out of order,
     out of place, out of tune, out of whack, perturbed, roiled,
     shuffled, turbid, turbulent, unsettled, upset