Ruffles

Synonyms for "ruffles" (433 found)

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Strong matches (130)

crinkle crisp crumple daze dazzle derange devil disarrange disarray discombobulate discombobulation discomfit discomfiture discompose discomposure disconcert disconcertion dishevel dislocate disorder

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Verb(18 words)

discompose disconcert disturb enturbulate flick fluff flurry freak frustrate get on someone's nerves get on someone's tits get on someone's wick get someone's goat get under someone's goat give someone the shits grind one's gears harsh one's mellow hassle

Noun(3 words)

disturbance flounce fray

Related words (216)

hurry-scurry incense inflame infold interfold intimidate irk irritate jar jolt jumble keep time lap over lapel lappet list litter maze mess mess up

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miff misarrange mist mix up moider molest motif move muddle muddlement muss muss up nag needle nettle nudzh offend paddle palpitate palpitation paradiddle patter peeve pell mell pell-mell peplum perplex perplexity persecute perturb perturbate perturbation pester pick pick on pique pitapat pitter patter pitter-patter plague plait plat play drum pleat plica plicate plication plicature pluck the beard ply pother pound pounding provoke psych out pucker pulsate pulsation put out quill raise hell rankle rat-a-tat rat-tat rat-tat-tat rataplan rattattoo rattle ride rile rock roil roll roughen rub rub the wrong way rub-a-dub ruche ruching ruff rumple scatter selvage set on edge set up shake shake up shock skirting sound a tattoo spatter splatter splutter spook sputter staccato stagger stew stir stir the blood stir up strong-arm swagger sweat swirl swirling swivet tangle tap tat-tat tattoo tease throb throbbing throw throw into confusion thrum thump thumping tizzy to do to-do tom tom tom-tom torment tousle trimming trouble try the patience tuck tumult turbulence turmoil turn over tweak the nose twill unnerve unsettle unsettlement unstring uproar upset valance vex voodoo vortex wavelet wear welt whip whip up whirl whisk wind winnow work up worry wrinkle yeastiness

Verb(35 words)

mess up mix mommick mortify nark pee off perturb piss off pleat prance put out raise someone's hackles riffle rile up ripple rub someone the wrong way ruffle someone's feathers ruffle up rumple sashay

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shuffle storm strut swagger tee off test someone's patience throw off balance tick off tittup torque off trouble undulate unsettle upset wind up

Noun(2 words)

neck ruff ruff

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Sample sentences

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This made Cinderella's lot still harder, for it was she who ironed her sisters' linen and plaited their ruffles.

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I'll speak my mind, even if it ruffles some feathers.

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While Tom puttered about with his ruffles and dalliance, a musket ball was flying towards his forehead.

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Julissa, however, climbed up more slowly. Ruffles on her dress made it harder to enter the limousine. When she finally sat down gracefully, her attendants cheered. Every so often, Julissa and the others stood and pushed their heads out of the limousine’s skylight opening. Julissa held onto her tiara, a jeweled headpiece, as the wind tossed her long, dark hair.

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