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- pronunciation:
- ruh
fl
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
ruffles, ruffling, ruffled |
definition 1: |
to disturb the smoothness or evenness of; agitate or ripple.
Wind ruffles the surface of the pond.- synonyms:
- agitate, perturb, rile, ripple, roil, undulate
- antonyms:
- smooth
- similar words:
- flutter, fret
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definition 2: |
to gather (fabric) into deep pleats or frills.
- synonyms:
- frill
- similar words:
- crimp, flounce, furbelow, gather, plait, pleat, pucker, shirr
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definition 3: |
to cause (feathers) to become erect.
- similar words:
- muss, rumple
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definition 4: |
to irritate or fluster.
- synonyms:
- agitate, annoy, discomfit, disconcert, fluster, irritate, rattle, unsettle, upset
- antonyms:
- calm, smooth, soothe
- similar words:
- confuse, discompose, disturb, exasperate, fret, nettle, perturb, rile, trouble, unnerve
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related words: |
aggravate, agitate, anger, border, dismay, irk, peeve, startle, surprise, tuck, upset, vex, violate |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to become agitated or uneven.
The surface of the pond ruffled in the breeze.- synonyms:
- fret, ripple, undulate
- similar words:
- flutter
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definition 2: |
to become irritated or flustered.
- synonyms:
- fluster, irritate, upset
- similar words:
- fret
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related words: |
rumple, startle, trouble, upset |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a strip or length of fabric, gathered along one edge in pleats or frills, and usu. used as trimming.
- synonyms:
- flounce, frill, furbelow, pleat
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definition 2: |
something resembling this, such as a bird's ruff.
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definition 3: |
an unevenness or break, as in the surface of a body of water; ripple or flutter.
- synonyms:
- flutter, ripple, undulation, wave
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related words: |
border, gather, tuck |
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derivation: |
ruffled (adj.) |
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