rufflementn.
/ˈrʌflm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈrəf(ə)lm(ə)nt/ The state or condition of being ruffled; (also) the action of ruffling. Cf. ruffle v.1
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun]
stirringc888
maleasea1300
uneasea1300
diseasec1330
perturbationa1382
unrestfulnessc1384
disturbancea1387
unroc1390
distroublancea1400
perturbancec1425
unquietnessc1460
inquietation1461
conturbationc1470
unheart's-ease1470
distroubling1487
wanease15..
inquietness?1504
unrufe1508
sturt1513
pertroublancea1522
inquieting1527
unquieting1548
turmoiling1550
unquiet1551
agitation?1555
storm1569
wanrest1570
discountenance1577
float1579
disquiet1581
brangling1584
diseasefulnessa1586
restlessness1597
hurry1600
disturbancy1603
disquietment1606
disordera1616
laruma1616
uneasinessa1616
diseasementa1617
discomposture1622
discomposition1624
whirr1628
discomposednessa1631
discomposure1632
pother1638
incomposedness1653
inquietude1658
uneasefulness1661
toss1666
disquietednessa1680
intranquillitya1699
disquietude1709
bosom-broil1742
discomfort1779
rufflement1806
feeze1825
uncomfortableness1828
discomforture1832
astasia1839
dysphoria1842
purr1842
peacelessness1852
palaver1899
perturbment1901
heebie-jeebies1923
wahala1966
agita1979
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [noun] > action or quality of upsetting
sturbing?c1225
sturblingc1330
troublingc1340
perturbationa1382
oversettinga1398
stroublinga1400
perturbancec1425
unresting?c1450
inquieting1527
disquieting1535
disquietment1606
discomfita1616
rufflement1806
discomfiture1885
upsettingness1922
1806 W. Wilberforce Jrnl. 13 Feb. in R. I. Wilberforce & S. Wilberforce Life W. Wilberforce (1838) III. 256 My suddenly promising Lord Henry Petty..has produced a sad degree of rufflement.
1838 Times 6 Aug. 3/1 A desire of returning good for evil, of being above the little slights and rufflements of this life.
1876 H. Melville Clarel I. ii. xxiii. 242 In rufflement The sheik threw round a questioning eye.
1906 E. Bisland in Life & Lett. Lafcadio Hearn I. 57 The nature..must of its essential character be subject to rufflement by the lightest breath of harshness or misconception.
1998 M. Soames Speaking for Themselves (1999) ii. 38 I have found no clue to the ‘rufflement’ which appears in the last letter to which Winston reacts so strongly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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