Adjusting this television is a bit of a faff.
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Faff
//fæf//
Synonyms for "faff" (29 found)
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10 translations across 5 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- gedoe noun (an overcomplicated task)
- soesa noun (an overcomplicated task)
French
2 entries- corvée noun (an overcomplicated task)
- galère noun (an overcomplicated task)
Polish
2 entries- bzdura noun (an overcomplicated task)
- głupota noun (an overcomplicated task)
Spanish
3 entries- fastidio noun (an overcomplicated task)
- lata noun (an overcomplicated task)
- marrón noun (an overcomplicated task)
Swedish
1 entries- fjockla verb (To waste time on an unproductive activity)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
God it must be a faff having to get nigh-on naked every time your bladder runneth over, and imagine how much worse it must be if you only have a 20-second break to run off stage to the loo.
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Breakfast in bed at the royal household is a massive faff. A page boy must carry the tray upstairs, but he's banned from actually serving it. So he leaves it on the floor by the bedroom door, whereupon a housemaid picks it up and knocks on said portal.
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The fuss and faff meant Christmas had long since been drained of any joy and excitement.
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