Perfection is a trifle dull.
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Trifle
//ˈtɹaɪfəl//
Synonyms for "trifle" (410 found)
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Closest matches (82)
bagatellebaublebitdallyfiddlefripperyfrivollittlepiddlesmidgentadtrivialitya continentala cursea damna darna hootabandonbaklavabe foolish
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be stupidbeanbeguile the timebibelotbill and cooblintzbrass farthingbread puddingbric-a-bracburn daylightbuttoncaresscarrot puddingcentchaffcharlottechicken feedchickenshitchocolate eclairchocolate moussecipherclownclown aroundconsume timecopulatecoquetcream puffcuriocustardcutdabdabbledally awaydandledanish pastrydashdetailsdiddlediddle awaydidodoodle
Noun(19 words)
Strong matches (123)
dowdydribble awaydrivel awaydropdrop in the bucketdudduffdummyeclairfaddlefalderalfarcefarthingfeatherfiddle faddlefiddle withfiddle-faddlefidgetfidget withfig
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finger withflanflash in the panfleabiteflirtflirt withfolderolfoolfool aroundfool awayfool withfootlefrench pastryfribblefritterfritter awayfritter away timefrothgaudget funnygewgawgimcrackgimcrackerygo haywiregoldbrickgoof offhairhalfpennyhardly anythinghill of beanshollow manhoothorse aroundidleidle awayinvite ridiculeiotajackstrawjerk offjestjokejotjumpjunketkickshawkid aroundkill timeknickknackknickknackerylallygaglay figurelead onleaveleave loose endsleave undonelet alonelet belet danglelet goloiterlollygaglose timemake lovemake outmalingerman of strawmashmere nothingmessmess aroundminikinminor thingminutiaemissmite
Related words (205)
mockerymolehillmonkeymonkey aroundmoussemuckmuckermuddle awaynebbishnecknext to nothingnobodynonentitynothingnovelnoveltynullityomitpandowdypass over
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pass the timepass uppastrypastypatepatisseriepattypatty-shellpeanutspeppercornpetphilanderpicayunepiepifflepinpinchpinch of snuffpinprickpiss awayplayplay aroundplay the buffoonplay the foolplay withplaythingplum puddingpotterpotter awaypretermitprocrastinatepuddingpuffpuppetpushoverputterquicherapred centrennetrosetterow of pinsrubbishrushscatteringscintillashadeshirkshitskipslackslightlysmacksmall beersmall changesmattersmidgeonsmidginsmoochsnapsneeshingsousoupconspicespoonsteamed puddingstrawstring alongstrudelsuggestionsuspicionsweet talksweet-talksyllabubtapioca puddingtarttastetechnicalitything of naughtthoughttimbaletinkertipsy caketiramisutittletomfooltouchtoytoy withtracetrashtrifle awaytrifle withtriflestrinkettriviatrumperytuppenceturnovertwiddletwo centstwopencevanilla puddingvol-au-ventwantonwaste timewhatnotwhiffwhile awaywhile away the timewhim whamwhim-whamwhisper sweet nothingswhitzero
Noun(65 words)
modicummoleculemorceaumorselmotemustard seedniff-naffnothingburgeroochounceparticlepennyworthpicayunepiecepinchrelishscantlingscentscintillascooch
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scrapscruplescuddicksemblanceshredskerrickskooshskoshsliversmall beersmatteringsmidgesmidgensmidgetsmidgysmitchsmithereensopsoupçonsparkspatterspeckspecklespit in the oceanspotsprinklesprinklingstraintadtidbittidgetingetittletoddicktouchtoytracetricktriviatuppence worthvestigewhiffwhifflewhitwhite chip
Verb(5 words)
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2 entriescoordinate
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6 entriesTranslations
167 translations across 38 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- kleinigheid noun (insignificant amount)
- kleinigheid noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- koekstruif noun (dessert)
Bashkir
1 entries- ваҡ-төйәк noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дреболия noun (insignificant amount)
- дреболия noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- играя си verb (To inconsequentially toy with something)
- прахосвам verb (To squander or waste)
Catalan
3 entries- fotesa noun (insignificant amount)
- fotesa noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- galindaina noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 乳脂松糕 noun (dessert)
Cornish
1 entries- trufla verb (To inconsequentially toy with something)
Czech
4 entries- drobnost noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- hloupost noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- kapánek noun (insignificant amount)
- maličkost noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Danish
4 entries- bagatel noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- småting noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- lege med verb (To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth)
- sløse væk verb (To squander or waste)
Dutch
4 entries- aalmoes noun (insignificant amount)
- bagatel noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- een beetje noun (insignificant amount)
- onbelangrijke hoeveelheid noun (insignificant amount)
Esperanto
1 entries- bagatelo noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Estonian
4 entries- natuke noun (insignificant amount)
- pisut noun (insignificant amount)
- veidi noun (insignificant amount)
- vähe noun (insignificant amount)
Finnish
4 entries- hippunen noun (insignificant amount)
- hitunen noun (insignificant amount)
- hiukkanen noun (insignificant amount)
- pikkuasia noun (thing of little importance or worth)
French
4 entries- babiole noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- bagatelle noun (dessert)
- bricole noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- broutille noun (insignificant amount)
Galician
4 entries- bagatela noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- balda noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- insignificancia noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- miga noun (insignificant amount)
German
4 entries- Kleinigkeit noun (insignificant amount)
- Kleinigkeit noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- Trifle noun (dessert)
- ein bisschen noun (insignificant amount)
Irish
3 entries- réadán noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- traidhfil noun (dessert)
- traidhfil noun (insignificant amount)
Italian
4 entries- bagattella noun (insignificant amount)
- bagattella noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- briciola noun (insignificant amount)
- cosa da poco noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Japanese
1 entries- トライフル noun (dessert)
Korean
1 entries- 트라이플 noun (dessert)
Latin
4 entries- apinae noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- gerrae noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- naucum noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- nugae noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Macedonian
1 entries- дребулија noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Māori
4 entries- kanehe noun (insignificant amount)
- kanehe noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- kāmuimui noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- takunga noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- småting noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- småting noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آوج noun (insignificant amount)
- پارچه noun (insignificant amount)
Polish
4 entries- bagatela noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- betka noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- bzdet noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- błahostka noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Portuguese
4 entries- bugiganga noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- ninharia noun (insignificant amount)
- ninharia noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- trifle noun (dessert)
Romanian
1 entries- mărunțiș noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Russian
4 entries- безде́лица noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- безделу́шка noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- бискви́т noun (dessert)
- копе́йки noun (insignificant amount)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bìskvīt noun (dessert)
- sitnìca noun (insignificant amount)
- tričàrija noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- бѝсквӣт noun (dessert)
Slovak
1 entries- maličkosť noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Spanish
4 entries- friolera noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- menudencia noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- nadería noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- nimiedad noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Swedish
4 entries- bagatell noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- hårsmån noun (insignificant amount)
- småsak noun (thing of little importance or worth)
- struntsak noun (thing of little importance or worth)
Thai
1 entries- ทรัยเฟิล noun (dessert)
Turkish
1 entries- umursamamak verb (To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth)
Urdu
1 entries- ناچیزشے verb (To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth)
Vietnamese
1 entries- trifle noun (dessert)
Welsh
2 entries- melysgybolfa noun (dessert)
- treiffl noun (dessert)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
Don't worry about such a trifle thing.
Source: tatoeba (41332)
Don't trifle with such serious matters.
Source: tatoeba (41336)
Don't worry about such a trifle.
Source: tatoeba (41560)
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