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Definition of ruffle in English: ruffleverb ˈrʌf(ə)lˈrəfəl [with object]1Disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it. he ruffled her hair affectionately Example sentencesExamples - She kissed him on the forehead and ruffled his already messy hair.
- The father laughs and jovially ruffles his son's hair.
- Brian laughed and ruffled her hair affectionately.
- There was a static snap as the television turned on and Reid walked back, ruffling my hair affectionately as he swept past me and into the next room.
- He grabbed my head and ruffled my hair affectionately.
- Juliet ruffles his hair, destroying the very conscious disorder Benny strove to achieve.
- She ruffled his pale blonde hair, laughing when he jerked away.
- In the end, Lady Eleanor settled for a tender, parting kiss on each boy's forehead, affectionately ruffling his hair as she did so.
- He planted himself in the armchair next to me, ruffling my hair affectionately as he sat down.
- These are your family men who ruffle their kids' hair and leave for office everyday in their neat clothes.
- He grinned contentedly as he ruffled my already tangled hair.
- He ruffled her hair affectionately, and then, as if at an afterthought, pulled her close into a hug.
- Emily smiled down at her son and ruffled his hair affectionately.
- Ruth ruffled Elizabeth's hair affectionately, much to the girls' annoyance.
- She ruffled Will's hair affectionately and smiled at me.
- She ruffled his thick hair affectionately and laughed.
- Mrs Clarke smiled at her daughter, ruffling her hair affectionately.
- Before she could stop herself, she had leaned over and ruffled his blond hair affectionately.
- Trent chuckled and ruffled my hair affectionately.
- I smiled and ruffled his hair, messing it up even more.
Synonyms disarrange, tousle, dishevel, rumple, run one's fingers through, make untidy, tumble, riffle, disorder mess up, make a mess of, tangle North American informal muss, muss up - 1.1 (of a bird) erect (its feathers) in anger or display.
they warbled incessantly, their throat feathers ruffled Example sentencesExamples - He stares at me with beady eyes, occasionally ruffling his feathers and tilting his head from side to side.
- Fortunately, the bird only ruffled a few of its feathers.
- For several minutes, she took to staring at a bird sitting on a telephone wire, ruffling its wings.
- It would just sit there, ruffle its clipped wing feathers and continue its neurotic seed shovelling and beak swinging.
- Just then, a bird beside him ruffled its wings and flew away.
- The birds become lethargic, with a staggered gait, their feathers are ruffled, and the comb and wattles turn dark red or blackish.
- 1.2 Disturb the smoothness or tranquillity of.
the evening breeze ruffled the surface of the pond in the yard Example sentencesExamples - He stared out over the ocean, the breeze ruffling his clothing.
- The air was warm and a slight breeze ruffled the trees.
- Someone had opened a window and the cool morning breeze drifted in and ruffled the white hospital curtains.
- The outside air breezed in, ruffling women's dresses in the process.
- Snorkel early in the day, before Hawaii's trade winds ruffle the surface and stir up sand in the water, which reduces visibility.
- It is somehow extremely loud and is followed by a long moment of utter silence and calm during which the breeze gently ruffles the pleated hem of the woman's blue burqa.
- A breeze ruffled the grass, and raised waves through the pasture.
- A strong breeze ruffles the surface of the lake.
- Now that there was a light breeze ruffling through the flags the castle seemed more intimidating now.
- Hiking a slope to the east, I rose above one of the world's great mountain scenes, trout leaping in the lazy creek and a breeze ruffling the spruce trees.
- As when a breeze ruffles the surface of a reflecting pool, ripples ran rapidly across her vision, momentarily distorting the figures.
- That night, when it was quiet, and all that could be heard was the slight hush of a breeze ruffling the trees' leaves.
- A light onshore breeze ruffled the surface of the bay, a few feet away I watched a turkey buzzard or vulture fly by.
- It was an exquisite fall day, drenched in sunlight with a soft breeze ruffling the brightly colored leaves.
- The next morning I woke to sun shining on my face and a soft breeze ruffling the curtains.
- A cool night breeze ruffled the curtains of the window and swept in a fragrance of spicy earth.
- A slight breeze ruffles the new leaves on the trees and discovers a discarded morning newspaper on a bench.
- Everyone was quiet; the only thing heard was the slight breeze ruffling the leaves.
- I was contemplating opening my window to see if there was a breeze to ruffle my curtains when I heard it.
- He gave her an incredulous stare and continued pulling her towards the window, which was still open, the soft breeze ruffling the curtains.
Synonyms make ripples in, ripple, riffle, roughen - 1.3 Disconcert or upset the composure of (someone)
Lancaster had been ruffled by her questions Example sentencesExamples - Great champions are often ruffled, sometimes shaken, but never spooked.
- It didn't ruffle him in the slightest; if anything, his smile broadened.
- He was easily ruffled, which led to tension headaches and high blood pressure.
- She was ruffled by the King's unchanging expression and tone of voice.
- Nothing seemed to ruffle him and, what he may have lacked in attentiveness, he made up in luck.
- It would take someone a lot more important than you to ruffle me.
- Instead of looking at the big picture, we became unduly ruffled by near-term issues.
- Yet she has never allowed petty jealousies to ruffle her.
- It was nice to know that something could ruffle the pompous guard.
- Normally nothing ruffled his composure, and yet there he was, blushing like a callow youth at the sight of her ankle.
- I was ruffled and quickly reacted by sending up the windows.
- The officials are keenly aware they risk ruffling customers by straying outside the boundaries of its conservative styling.
- She could tell that he was ruffled, but he wasn't able to come up with anything to say until she was clearly out of his radius.
- Aaron had been so cool and composed a moment ago, as if nothing in the world could ruffle him.
- His reaction to the film, reportedly based on the life of his father, is in keeping with his nature - the question does not ruffle his equanimity.
- Perhaps that's the problem; her singing is almost always sunny - violent emotions don't ruffle her composure for long.
- If he should rage, his act will not ruffle me, for I shall play the wise man's part and practice a smooth-tempered self-control!
- I was briefly ruffled, because few things are held as closely and protectively as one's musical preferences.
Synonyms annoy, irritate, irk, vex, nettle, needle, anger, exasperate
2usually as adjective ruffledOrnament with or gather into a frill. a blouse with a high ruffled neck Example sentencesExamples - He was lightly muscled and wore a grey ruffled, button down shirt, with the first two buttons undone.
- The sleeves of the shirt were, thanks to Alicia, immaculately black, the frills of the cuffs ruffled lightly.
- Rab offers Johnny his outgrown linen ruffled shirt and a corduroy jacket.
- I was wearing a $700 jean skirt and complete faded jacket with a pink ruffled shirt.
- He wore one of those ruffled shirts that Alora associated with artists in eighteenth-century France.
Synonyms pleat, shirr, pucker, tuck, fold, corrugate, crimp, crease, scrunch up
noun ˈrʌf(ə)lˈrəfəl 1An ornamental gathered or goffered frill of lace or other cloth on a garment, especially around the wrist or neck. Example sentencesExamples - Scalloped edges, lace and ruffles infuse the clothes with motion and make for an exciting silhouette.
- Edith wore a sweet pink gingham dress with a white ruffle at the hem and a white apron.
- Corsages, ruffles, patches, rosettes, ribbons, buttons, rivets and safety pins are all very popular with fashion folk this summer.
- Detailing on the waistline was simple, yet classic, a departure from the days when clothes having excessive lace and ruffles were considered the in-thing.
- His shirt had a few ruffles on it and his pants were short.
- And then there was the mix of calico, structured ruffles and sculptural pleats all in one outfit.
- While I will put my boys in girls' clothes, I do have standards: I avoid ribbons, lace, frilly ruffles, little pink flowers, and sequins.
- Once it had been clean and beautiful, with ruffles and lace.
- It's almost a throw-back to the 19th Century of ruffles and lace.
- The only shirts I own and wear are completely plain, all without ruffles or frills of any kind - in fact, I would have thought they were totally indistinguishable from men's shirts.
- Do not wear blouses with fancy details and ruffles.
- The arms stopped at the elbow in a double ruffle edged with lace and the whole outfit was set off with a matching choker.
- Look out for soft ruffles, velvet ribbons and frills.
- It's not like a newborn cares about bows and ruffles, and it's not like she'll grow up any more or less feminine as a result of what she wears.
- My very favorite skirt has a subtle ruffle along the hem, it's not ultra-girly but it gives it a little something extra.
- She appeared in a white suit jacket with an apricot blouse and a prim ruffle down the front.
- She wore a flowing pale yellow skirt with ruffles and a silken blouse with puffed sleeves.
- The garment is often trimmed with lace, ruffles, bows and ribbons, optionally with spaghetti straps.
- He wore pitch-black pants and a black shirt with understated ruffles at the neck and sleeves.
- You're a prime candidate for divided skirts, tiered skirts and those with hemline ruffles.
Synonyms frill, flounce, ruff, ruche, jabot, furbelow 2A vibrating drum beat. Example sentencesExamples - The ruffle on drums and the flourish on bugles are sounded together, up to four times depending on the prominence of the deceased.
- They started with the sounding of a bugle, leading in to a drum ruffle from the drum corps, and then swinging into their rock group performance.
Phrases ruffle someone's feathers Cause someone to become annoyed or upset. his sudden rise ruffled the feathers of the old guard tampering with the traditional approach would ruffle a few feathers Example sentencesExamples - She describes herself as a patient driver and even the ‘see a space and fill it’ mentality of London drivers fails to ruffle her feathers.
- They think this high profile meeting in London will ruffle his feathers.
- Was Hannity trying to ruffle Jensen's feathers, knock him off balance in order to get him to react in anger?
- It's been a difficult week for the committee that devised the rules, but not one that ruffled their feathers unduly.
- Jess bumped a side table and sent it crashing to the dusty floor with a clang that shook my eardrums, ruffled my feathers with the irritating vibration, and made every one of us jump.
- I felt that I'd ruffled his feathers up enough for the day, or at the very least a few hours.
- All of this speculation has clearly ruffled Parker's feathers a little.
- We seem to have at last ruffled their feathers and could be a force to be reckoned with.
- It's this snobbish attitude toward work place interaction that ruffles my feathers.
- I would appear to have ruffled Mr Foxcroft's feathers in my letter of May 20.
Synonyms annoy, irritate, irk, vex, nettle, needle, anger, exasperate
smooth someone's ruffled feathers Make someone less angry or irritated by using soothing words. twenty minutes later, after a diplomatic phone call, she had succeeded in smoothing Henri's ruffled feathers Example sentencesExamples - He shook his head and laughed in merriment as if to smooth Big Freddie's ruffled feathers.
- A little lie would indubitably make things all better, smooth Jake's ruffled feathers, and make everything in my life shiny again.
- I think this upset him a bit and I had to smooth his ruffled feathers via email.
- I muttered darkly, not liking the fact that he so easily smoothed my ruffled feathers.
- I know I've stepped over the line and should probably smooth her ruffled feathers.
Origin Middle English (as a verb): of unknown origin. Current noun senses date from the late 17th century. Rhymes duffel, kerfuffle, muffle, scuffle, shuffle, snuffle, truffle Definition of ruffle in US English: ruffleverbˈrəfəlˈrəfəl [with object]1Disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it. he ruffled her hair affectionately Example sentencesExamples - Trent chuckled and ruffled my hair affectionately.
- Juliet ruffles his hair, destroying the very conscious disorder Benny strove to achieve.
- He planted himself in the armchair next to me, ruffling my hair affectionately as he sat down.
- She ruffled his pale blonde hair, laughing when he jerked away.
- Mrs Clarke smiled at her daughter, ruffling her hair affectionately.
- Ruth ruffled Elizabeth's hair affectionately, much to the girls' annoyance.
- I smiled and ruffled his hair, messing it up even more.
- In the end, Lady Eleanor settled for a tender, parting kiss on each boy's forehead, affectionately ruffling his hair as she did so.
- He grinned contentedly as he ruffled my already tangled hair.
- He grabbed my head and ruffled my hair affectionately.
- She ruffled his thick hair affectionately and laughed.
- He ruffled her hair affectionately, and then, as if at an afterthought, pulled her close into a hug.
- There was a static snap as the television turned on and Reid walked back, ruffling my hair affectionately as he swept past me and into the next room.
- The father laughs and jovially ruffles his son's hair.
- She kissed him on the forehead and ruffled his already messy hair.
- Before she could stop herself, she had leaned over and ruffled his blond hair affectionately.
- These are your family men who ruffle their kids' hair and leave for office everyday in their neat clothes.
- She ruffled Will's hair affectionately and smiled at me.
- Brian laughed and ruffled her hair affectionately.
- Emily smiled down at her son and ruffled his hair affectionately.
Synonyms disarrange, tousle, dishevel, rumple, run one's fingers through, make untidy, tumble, riffle, disorder - 1.1 (of a bird) erect (its feathers) in anger or display.
on his departure to the high wires, the starling ruffled his feathers and flirted his wings Example sentencesExamples - He stares at me with beady eyes, occasionally ruffling his feathers and tilting his head from side to side.
- The birds become lethargic, with a staggered gait, their feathers are ruffled, and the comb and wattles turn dark red or blackish.
- Fortunately, the bird only ruffled a few of its feathers.
- Just then, a bird beside him ruffled its wings and flew away.
- It would just sit there, ruffle its clipped wing feathers and continue its neurotic seed shovelling and beak swinging.
- For several minutes, she took to staring at a bird sitting on a telephone wire, ruffling its wings.
- 1.2 Disturb the smoothness or tranquility of.
the evening breeze ruffled the surface of the pond in the yard Example sentencesExamples - That night, when it was quiet, and all that could be heard was the slight hush of a breeze ruffling the trees' leaves.
- Hiking a slope to the east, I rose above one of the world's great mountain scenes, trout leaping in the lazy creek and a breeze ruffling the spruce trees.
- A strong breeze ruffles the surface of the lake.
- A breeze ruffled the grass, and raised waves through the pasture.
- As when a breeze ruffles the surface of a reflecting pool, ripples ran rapidly across her vision, momentarily distorting the figures.
- The outside air breezed in, ruffling women's dresses in the process.
- I was contemplating opening my window to see if there was a breeze to ruffle my curtains when I heard it.
- The air was warm and a slight breeze ruffled the trees.
- Now that there was a light breeze ruffling through the flags the castle seemed more intimidating now.
- The next morning I woke to sun shining on my face and a soft breeze ruffling the curtains.
- It is somehow extremely loud and is followed by a long moment of utter silence and calm during which the breeze gently ruffles the pleated hem of the woman's blue burqa.
- He stared out over the ocean, the breeze ruffling his clothing.
- Everyone was quiet; the only thing heard was the slight breeze ruffling the leaves.
- He gave her an incredulous stare and continued pulling her towards the window, which was still open, the soft breeze ruffling the curtains.
- A slight breeze ruffles the new leaves on the trees and discovers a discarded morning newspaper on a bench.
- Snorkel early in the day, before Hawaii's trade winds ruffle the surface and stir up sand in the water, which reduces visibility.
- A light onshore breeze ruffled the surface of the bay, a few feet away I watched a turkey buzzard or vulture fly by.
- It was an exquisite fall day, drenched in sunlight with a soft breeze ruffling the brightly colored leaves.
- A cool night breeze ruffled the curtains of the window and swept in a fragrance of spicy earth.
- Someone had opened a window and the cool morning breeze drifted in and ruffled the white hospital curtains.
Synonyms make ripples in, ripple, riffle, roughen - 1.3 Disconcert or upset the composure of (someone)
Brian had been ruffled by her questions Example sentencesExamples - She was ruffled by the King's unchanging expression and tone of voice.
- It would take someone a lot more important than you to ruffle me.
- Yet she has never allowed petty jealousies to ruffle her.
- Instead of looking at the big picture, we became unduly ruffled by near-term issues.
- Nothing seemed to ruffle him and, what he may have lacked in attentiveness, he made up in luck.
- I was briefly ruffled, because few things are held as closely and protectively as one's musical preferences.
- Aaron had been so cool and composed a moment ago, as if nothing in the world could ruffle him.
- She could tell that he was ruffled, but he wasn't able to come up with anything to say until she was clearly out of his radius.
- It was nice to know that something could ruffle the pompous guard.
- He was easily ruffled, which led to tension headaches and high blood pressure.
- His reaction to the film, reportedly based on the life of his father, is in keeping with his nature - the question does not ruffle his equanimity.
- Normally nothing ruffled his composure, and yet there he was, blushing like a callow youth at the sight of her ankle.
- I was ruffled and quickly reacted by sending up the windows.
- It didn't ruffle him in the slightest; if anything, his smile broadened.
- Perhaps that's the problem; her singing is almost always sunny - violent emotions don't ruffle her composure for long.
- Great champions are often ruffled, sometimes shaken, but never spooked.
- The officials are keenly aware they risk ruffling customers by straying outside the boundaries of its conservative styling.
- If he should rage, his act will not ruffle me, for I shall play the wise man's part and practice a smooth-tempered self-control!
Synonyms annoy, irritate, irk, vex, nettle, needle, anger, exasperate
2usually as adjective ruffledOrnament with or gather into a frill. a blouse with a high ruffled neck Example sentencesExamples - I was wearing a $700 jean skirt and complete faded jacket with a pink ruffled shirt.
- Rab offers Johnny his outgrown linen ruffled shirt and a corduroy jacket.
- He was lightly muscled and wore a grey ruffled, button down shirt, with the first two buttons undone.
- He wore one of those ruffled shirts that Alora associated with artists in eighteenth-century France.
- The sleeves of the shirt were, thanks to Alicia, immaculately black, the frills of the cuffs ruffled lightly.
Synonyms pleat, shirr, pucker, tuck, fold, corrugate, crimp, crease, scrunch up
nounˈrəfəlˈrəfəl 1An ornamental gathered or goffered frill of lace or other cloth on a garment, especially around the wrist or neck. Example sentencesExamples - You're a prime candidate for divided skirts, tiered skirts and those with hemline ruffles.
- My very favorite skirt has a subtle ruffle along the hem, it's not ultra-girly but it gives it a little something extra.
- And then there was the mix of calico, structured ruffles and sculptural pleats all in one outfit.
- Do not wear blouses with fancy details and ruffles.
- While I will put my boys in girls' clothes, I do have standards: I avoid ribbons, lace, frilly ruffles, little pink flowers, and sequins.
- He wore pitch-black pants and a black shirt with understated ruffles at the neck and sleeves.
- Detailing on the waistline was simple, yet classic, a departure from the days when clothes having excessive lace and ruffles were considered the in-thing.
- Look out for soft ruffles, velvet ribbons and frills.
- It's almost a throw-back to the 19th Century of ruffles and lace.
- Scalloped edges, lace and ruffles infuse the clothes with motion and make for an exciting silhouette.
- Corsages, ruffles, patches, rosettes, ribbons, buttons, rivets and safety pins are all very popular with fashion folk this summer.
- The only shirts I own and wear are completely plain, all without ruffles or frills of any kind - in fact, I would have thought they were totally indistinguishable from men's shirts.
- His shirt had a few ruffles on it and his pants were short.
- The arms stopped at the elbow in a double ruffle edged with lace and the whole outfit was set off with a matching choker.
- She wore a flowing pale yellow skirt with ruffles and a silken blouse with puffed sleeves.
- Once it had been clean and beautiful, with ruffles and lace.
- Edith wore a sweet pink gingham dress with a white ruffle at the hem and a white apron.
- She appeared in a white suit jacket with an apricot blouse and a prim ruffle down the front.
- It's not like a newborn cares about bows and ruffles, and it's not like she'll grow up any more or less feminine as a result of what she wears.
- The garment is often trimmed with lace, ruffles, bows and ribbons, optionally with spaghetti straps.
Synonyms frill, flounce, ruff, ruche, jabot, furbelow 2A vibrating drumbeat. Example sentencesExamples - They started with the sounding of a bugle, leading in to a drum ruffle from the drum corps, and then swinging into their rock group performance.
- The ruffle on drums and the flourish on bugles are sounded together, up to four times depending on the prominence of the deceased.
Phrases ruffle someone's feathers Cause someone to become annoyed or upset. tampering with the traditional approach would ruffle a few feathers Example sentencesExamples - She describes herself as a patient driver and even the ‘see a space and fill it’ mentality of London drivers fails to ruffle her feathers.
- They think this high profile meeting in London will ruffle his feathers.
- Was Hannity trying to ruffle Jensen's feathers, knock him off balance in order to get him to react in anger?
- Jess bumped a side table and sent it crashing to the dusty floor with a clang that shook my eardrums, ruffled my feathers with the irritating vibration, and made every one of us jump.
- We seem to have at last ruffled their feathers and could be a force to be reckoned with.
- It's been a difficult week for the committee that devised the rules, but not one that ruffled their feathers unduly.
- I would appear to have ruffled Mr Foxcroft's feathers in my letter of May 20.
- I felt that I'd ruffled his feathers up enough for the day, or at the very least a few hours.
- It's this snobbish attitude toward work place interaction that ruffles my feathers.
- All of this speculation has clearly ruffled Parker's feathers a little.
Synonyms annoy, irritate, irk, vex, nettle, needle, anger, exasperate
smooth someone's ruffled feathers Make someone less angry or irritated by using soothing words. Example sentencesExamples - I muttered darkly, not liking the fact that he so easily smoothed my ruffled feathers.
- A little lie would indubitably make things all better, smooth Jake's ruffled feathers, and make everything in my life shiny again.
- He shook his head and laughed in merriment as if to smooth Big Freddie's ruffled feathers.
- I think this upset him a bit and I had to smooth his ruffled feathers via email.
- I know I've stepped over the line and should probably smooth her ruffled feathers.
Origin Middle English (as a verb): of unknown origin. Current noun senses date from the late 17th century. |