Ruffling

Synonyms for "ruffling" (30 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(6 words)
actin driven protrusionagitateannoybothercell surface rufflecrease

Strong matches (9)

Related words (15)

Related word relations

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More general

13 entries
alterationcell morphologycytoskeletal processesdecorationdecorative adjectivedescriptive adjectivedisorderdisturbancemembrane dynamicsornamentationqualifying termqualitative descriptortrim

More specific

18 entries
annoycreasefeather rufflingflouncefrillfrilled edgehair rufflingirklamellipodial rufflemembrane rufflemussornamental trimpaper disturbanceripplerumplesurface distortion

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Collocations

10 entries
membrane rufflingruffling edgeruffling edgesruffling effectruffling fabricruffling feathersruffling hairruffling papersruffling trimruffling wind

Inflections

5 entries
more rufflingmost rufflingruffledrufflesrufflings

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Late in the morning I wak'd first; and observing my lover slept profoundly, softly disengag'd myself from his arms, scarcely daring to breathe for fear of shortening his repose; my cap, my hair, my shift, were all in disorder from the rufflings I had undergone

Source: wiktionary

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