Ruffle

/ˈɹʌfəl/

Synonyms for "ruffle" (419 found)

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Closest matches (84)

Noun(7 words)

disturbance flounce frill adorn affray choker crease

abrade addleaddle the witsado affect aggravate agitate agitation annoy arouse badger baitball upbarragebe atbeading beatbeat a rufflebeat a tattoobeat the drum

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beat timebeat upbeating becloud bedazzle bedevil befuddle befuddlement beset bewilder bewilderment binding blow bludgeon bluster boast bordering bordure bother botheration bristle brouhaha browbeatbrown offbug bulldoze bully bullyragburn upbustle chafe chaos chivy churnchurn upcloud clutter commotion confuse confusion convulse corrugate countcount the beatscow crease creasing crimp crinkle crisp crumple daze dazzle derange devil

Verb(2 words)

cock cockle

Strong matches (126)

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disturb disturbance dog dog-ear doubledouble overdoubling dragoon draperydrive up the walldrumdrum musicdrumbeat drumfire drumming duplicature ebullience ebullition eddy edging effervescence electrify embarrass embarrassment embitter embroilment enfold entangle erode exasperate excite exercise fan fash feery-fary ferment fermentation fimbria fimbriation flare flection flexure flounce flummox flurry fluster flute flutter fog foldfold overfrenzy fret frill frilling fringe fuddle fuddlement fume furbelow fuss gall galloon gather gathering getgo pitapatgraze gripe harass harry haze heckle hector hem hex hound huffhurly burlyhurly-burly hurryhurry scurryhurry-scurry incense inflame infold interfold intimidate

Noun(9 words)

discomposure embellish flaps flounces flouncing fluster flustering fray furbelow

Adjective(2 words)

dishevelled flustered

Verb(7 words)

dishevels fazed fazes flick flounced fluff flurried

Related words (209)

irk irritate jar jolt jumblekeep timelap overlapel lappet list litter maze messmess upmiff misarrange mistmix upmoider molest

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motif move muddle muddlement mussmuss upnag needle nettle nudzh offend paddle palpitate palpitation paradiddle patter peevepell mellpell-mell peplum perplex perplexity persecute perturb perturbate perturbation pester pickpick onpique pitapatpitter patterpitter-patter plague plait platplay drumpleat plica plicate plication plicaturepluck the beardply pother pound pounding provokepsych outpucker pulsate pulsationput outquillraise hellranklerat-a-tatrat-tatrat-tat-tatrataplan rattattoo rattle ride rile ripple rock roil roll roughen rubrub the wrong wayrub-a-dubruche ruching ruff rumple scatter selvageset on edgeset upshakeshake upshock shuffle skirtingsound a tattoospatter splatter splutter spook sputter staccato stagger stew stirstir the bloodstir upstrong-arm sweat swirl swirling swivet tangle tap tat-tat tattoo tease throb throbbing throwthrow into confusionthrum thump thumping tizzyto doto-dotom tomtom-tom torment tousle trimming troubletry the patiencetuck tumult turbulence turmoilturn overtweak the nosetwill unnerve unsettle unsettlement unstring uproar upset valance vex voodoo vortex wavelet wear welt whipwhip upwhirl whisk wind winnowwork upworry wrinkle yeastiness

Verb(19 words)

mess upmix mussed pleat prance riffle riffled rippleruffle uprumple rumples rustled sashay shuffle strut swagger tittup tousled undulate

Noun(15 words)

musses mussingneck ruffperturb ripple ruff ruffing shirr tousles tousling trim undulation upset wavelet wrinkle

Adjective(1 words)

shirred

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

42 entries

adornment alter annoy bother chafe change collar combat decorate devil disarrange displace disturb embellishemotional statefight

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More specific

15 entries

crease disconcertdress frillfrillgarment frillgathering huffneck ruffleperturb ripplesleeve rufflesnit tizzy wavelet wrinkle

Collocations

12 entries

dress rufflefabric rufflegarment ruffleneck ruffleruffle edgeruffle edgesruffle fabricruffle feathersruffle hairruffle sleevesruffle the papersruffle trim

Inflections

3 entries

ruffled ruffles ruffling

Derivations

4 entries

ruffled ruffler ruffling ruffly

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom is not afraid to ruffle some feathers.

Source: tatoeba (5605004)

This might ruffle some feathers.

Source: tatoeba (5605007)

Don't ruffle my hair.

Source: tatoeba (5699013)

Buckle up. We're going to ruffle some feathers today.

Source: tatoeba (11076219)

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