ruffled Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb stir up (water) so as to form ripples
    ripple; riffle; undulate; ruffle; cockle.
  2. verb trouble or vex
    ruffle.
    • ruffle somebody's composure
  3. verb to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
    sashay; ruffle; tittup; strut; prance; swagger; cock.
    • He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
  4. verb discompose
    ruffle.
    • This play is going to ruffle some people
    • She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues
  5. verb twitch or flutter
    flick; riffle; ruffle.
    • the paper flicked
  6. verb mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
    ruffle; shuffle; mix.
    • shuffle the cards
  7. verb erect or fluff up
    fluff; ruffle.
    • the bird ruffled its feathers
  8. verb disturb the smoothness of
    mess up; ruffle up; ruffle; rumple.
    • ruffle the surface of the water
  9. verb pleat or gather into a ruffle
    ruffle; pleat.
    • ruffle the curtain fabric
  10. adjective satellite shaken into waves or undulations as by wind
    rippled.
    • the rippled surface of the pond
    • with ruffled flags flying
  11. adjective satellite having decorative ruffles or frills
    frilled; frilly.

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