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Definition of trifle in English: triflenoun ˈtrʌɪf(ə)lˈtraɪfəl 1A thing of little value or importance. we needn't trouble the headmaster over such trifles Example sentencesExamples - The opposition Awami League with their poor leadership of Sheikh Hasina is not doing any constructive movement but have been busy with unnecessary trifles and quarrels with government.
- Rather than wrestle with these inquiries, Ashcroft simply admitted that he didn't know, stressing instead that there wasn't any time to ruminate on such trifles.
- ‘Just a few trifles,’ he said of the corruption allegations.
- It is easy to drug people in such a state with the opium of spurious patriotism and make them offer themselves to the gory gods of war, throwing their lives away like worthless trifles.
- One of the reviews in England said my songs were flip and flimsy trifles.
- It has the kind of silliness that makes you turn a blind eye to such trifles as plausibility or emotional truth in musicals from the '30s and '40s.
- But these are mere trifles when there's oil to be had.
- It had big ideas about many things, but as a result wasted its energy on trifles.
- At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles.
- Husbands complain about domestic trifles or elope with younger mistresses, male colleagues disparage women by making rude remarks about their figure, and the female body, on the whole, is either coveted or rejected.
- In wartime, heroes come into being in times of crisis; in peacetime, they come into existence by doing trifles in everyday life.
- Do not think music is very important; regard it as a trifle, an entertainment, a foolish leisure-time activity, or simply something they are not interested in.
- Today's scripted trifles are the most important trivia of his life.
- They've already done a medley of titles and we're not going to be bothered with such prosaic trifles, or their authors, tonight.
- ‘However, such rules are regarded by some construction units as fussing over trifles,’ said Zhang Chi, professor from East China University of Politics and Law.
- It appears that you have finally realized the importance of trifles, but you have not yet learned what to do with them.
- Good companies prevent their servers from forwarding mail that do not originate from their clients, but more negligent companies do not pay attention to such trifles.
- I also recalled my earlier, seeming trifles of research.
- Presumably the Australian Strategic Policy Institute doesn't take into account such trifles when determining an organisation's credibility.
- ‘When you get older trifles of that kind will not trouble you’, I remarked.
Synonyms unimportant thing/matter, trivial thing/matter, triviality, thing/matter of no consequence, thing/matter of no importance, bagatelle, inessential, nothing technicality (trifles), trivia, minutiae bauble, trinket, knick-knack, gimcrack, gewgaw, toy informal whatnot British informal doodah - 1.1in singular A small amount of something.
the thousand yen he'd paid seemed the merest trifle Example sentencesExamples - Austen's fictional Henry Cecil spends £18000 a year (a rather fabulous sum) from a total capital of less than £900, and so is "able to save but a trifle".
- It cost me but a trifle.
- The £2.50 or so I try and save is a mere trifle, but I am obsessed by it.
- It seems 100 million won is a trifle as the value system of money is shaken and the social function of money is faltering in the raging Lotto syndrome.
Synonyms very small amount, next to nothing, hardly anything pittance informal peanuts, piddling amount North American informal chump change
2British A cold dessert of sponge cake and fruit covered with layers of custard, jelly, and cream. syllabubs, trifles, and other dishes mass noun bowls of trifle followed Example sentencesExamples - There were cold meats of every kind, huge bowls of mixed salads, large desserts, trifles, jellies tarts and mince pies, and also some very interesting looking hors d' oeuvres.
- My trifle, in particular, was made with conspicuously fresh ingredients, and the attention made it a treat.
- Popular desserts were trifle, fruit salad and traditional Christmas pudding, often made wrapped in a cloth and boiled in the copper.
- When a ham is roasting in the oven with a bit of sherry poured over it, or a trifle, for goodness' sake, has a bit of sherry in it, is sherry not a cooking condiment?
- Jayne and I decided to share a large slice of banoffee pie, which was gorgeous, while Marjorie, a connoisseur of trifles, gave the Lamplight sherry trifle nine marks out of ten.
- Sherry, brandy, and Marsala add flavour and an alcoholic kick to creamy puddings such as trifle, syllabub, cranachan, brose, tiramisu, zabaglione, and egg nog.
- A course of orange squash, roast chicken dinner, trifle and a cup of tea was prescribed to nurse my hangover.
- Whether it comes as a traditional bowl of fruit and Jersey cream or a rich trifle, vivid ice cream or cool cheesecake, the combination is an unmissable part of the British summer.
- I'd probably sprinkle them on top of a trifle if I ate trifles.
- I'd probably want to follow it with my mother-in-law's trifle or wonderful summer pudding.
verb ˈtrʌɪf(ə)lˈtraɪfəl [no object]1trifle withTreat without seriousness or respect. he is not a man to be trifled with men who trifle with women's affections Example sentencesExamples - He simply doesn't have time to trifle with losers.
- Delaney was not for trifling with and while others around him were off their game he compensated, and then some more!
- ‘We should not trifle with this final opportunity of achieving peace,’ Wickremesinghe said.
- A physician cannot afford to trifle with the medical board.
- I trifle with it if I am not hungry, and drink it when I am.
- The top ladies can trifle with the exaggerated exposure of legging it around a male tournament, for they don't need the dollars but would occupy places men try hard to earn.
- Yet he has shown a willingness to trifle with it at a time when it is more important than ever to Australia's security.
- That seven-day rhythm was not something to trifle with.
- Still, she has trifled with my emotions once too often.
- Important nations are feared, respected, and rarely trifled with.
- I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and drink it when I am.
- Certainly, fixing the price of a kilo of pineapple or tapioca is something farmers don't trifle with.
- But this is too serious a matter to trifle with, and it's too heartfelt an issue.
- The member is beginning to trifle with the Chair.
- He's just looking for true stories that lie buried in the data that, for most people, are far too intimidating to trifle with.
- It is highly unlikely that they would allow any internal or external factor to trifle with their unity or a united platform to promote and preserve their interests.
- The member is starting to trifle with the House.
- We must not trifle with the people's trust by foot-dragging.
- He no longer needs to trifle with mere mortal intellects.
- Genuine low self-esteem is nothing to trifle with.
Synonyms treat in a cavalier fashion, treat lightly, treat frivolously, treat casually, play ducks and drakes with dally with, play with, amuse oneself with, toy with, flirt with, play fast and loose with informal mess about/around archaic sport with, wanton with, palter with 2archaic Talk or act frivolously. we will not trifle—life is too short Example sentencesExamples - It means the act of dallying, flirting, toying or trifling.
- Have they not, as Paul says, become vain in their disputations, always trifling about universals, formalities, connotations, and various other foolish words?
- Coffee leads men to trifle away their time.
- How can we trifle away our lives.
- 2.1trifle something awaywith object Waste something, especially time, frivolously.
he had trifled away two months at a task which should have taken a week Example sentencesExamples - He is trifling it away; but no matter.
- 'I may be able to form an estimate of how I have spent my leisure time, whether I have been trifling it away or turning it to any particular advantage.
- The. life and health of the body appear too precious to be thus trifled away.
- God supplied Adam with a suitable stock, but he trifled it away.
- And yet we can afford to trifle it away; yea, and to allow ourselves in this, and wilfully to cast off the greatest works of God.
Phrases his methods are a trifle eccentric Example sentencesExamples - But afterwards, the fields seemed a bit larger, the houses a trifle more substantial, the roads wider.
- As the number has swelled, the attention that tourism has got from the Government and the big business houses has made the small and medium entrepreneurs a trifle uneasy.
- Perhaps it would be a trifle rash to suggest that Australian sport has gone into terminal decline.
- This commentary is a trifle self-indulgent, actually.
- These gadgets, though a trifle expensive at first, brought the theatre sound right into the living room, to the great delight of those who could afford the powerful systems.
- Granted they both worked in a steam laundry in West Texas in the summer but the fact that they kept our house at a chilly 65 degrees now strikes me as a trifle extreme.
- The trip was made a trifle bit easy for him since he was accompanying his parents to various areas, where all three worked in their respective area.
- But I know the chances of being able to actually go somewhere are a trifle slim, seeing as I've left it a bit late and all…
- Now, you may think this game sounds a trifle sad.
- Yet voice-over is always a trifle distancing, and particularly so when the language of the 1770s sounds so archaic to our ears today.
Synonyms a little, a bit, somewhat, a touch, a spot, a mite, a whit
Origin Middle English (also denoting an idle story told to deceive or amuse): from Old French trufle, by-form of trufe 'deceit', of unknown origin. The verb derives from Old French truffler 'mock, deceive'. Definition of trifle in US English: triflenounˈtraɪfəlˈtrīfəl 1A thing of little value or importance. we needn't trouble the headmaster over such trifles Example sentencesExamples - ‘When you get older trifles of that kind will not trouble you’, I remarked.
- It had big ideas about many things, but as a result wasted its energy on trifles.
- It has the kind of silliness that makes you turn a blind eye to such trifles as plausibility or emotional truth in musicals from the '30s and '40s.
- But these are mere trifles when there's oil to be had.
- It appears that you have finally realized the importance of trifles, but you have not yet learned what to do with them.
- At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles.
- ‘However, such rules are regarded by some construction units as fussing over trifles,’ said Zhang Chi, professor from East China University of Politics and Law.
- In wartime, heroes come into being in times of crisis; in peacetime, they come into existence by doing trifles in everyday life.
- ‘Just a few trifles,’ he said of the corruption allegations.
- One of the reviews in England said my songs were flip and flimsy trifles.
- I also recalled my earlier, seeming trifles of research.
- Do not think music is very important; regard it as a trifle, an entertainment, a foolish leisure-time activity, or simply something they are not interested in.
- Husbands complain about domestic trifles or elope with younger mistresses, male colleagues disparage women by making rude remarks about their figure, and the female body, on the whole, is either coveted or rejected.
- They've already done a medley of titles and we're not going to be bothered with such prosaic trifles, or their authors, tonight.
- Rather than wrestle with these inquiries, Ashcroft simply admitted that he didn't know, stressing instead that there wasn't any time to ruminate on such trifles.
- Presumably the Australian Strategic Policy Institute doesn't take into account such trifles when determining an organisation's credibility.
- Today's scripted trifles are the most important trivia of his life.
- It is easy to drug people in such a state with the opium of spurious patriotism and make them offer themselves to the gory gods of war, throwing their lives away like worthless trifles.
- Good companies prevent their servers from forwarding mail that do not originate from their clients, but more negligent companies do not pay attention to such trifles.
- The opposition Awami League with their poor leadership of Sheikh Hasina is not doing any constructive movement but have been busy with unnecessary trifles and quarrels with government.
Synonyms unimportant matter, unimportant thing, trivial matter, trivial thing, triviality, matter of no consequence, thing of no consequence, matter of no importance, thing of no importance, bagatelle, inessential, nothing bauble, trinket, knick-knack, gimcrack, gewgaw, toy - 1.1in singular A small amount of something.
the thousand yen he'd paid seemed the merest trifle Example sentencesExamples - It seems 100 million won is a trifle as the value system of money is shaken and the social function of money is faltering in the raging Lotto syndrome.
- Austen's fictional Henry Cecil spends £18000 a year (a rather fabulous sum) from a total capital of less than £900, and so is "able to save but a trifle".
- The £2.50 or so I try and save is a mere trifle, but I am obsessed by it.
- It cost me but a trifle.
Synonyms very small amount, next to nothing, hardly anything
2British A cold dessert of sponge cake and fruit covered with layers of custard, jelly, and cream. Example sentencesExamples - Whether it comes as a traditional bowl of fruit and Jersey cream or a rich trifle, vivid ice cream or cool cheesecake, the combination is an unmissable part of the British summer.
- When a ham is roasting in the oven with a bit of sherry poured over it, or a trifle, for goodness' sake, has a bit of sherry in it, is sherry not a cooking condiment?
- There were cold meats of every kind, huge bowls of mixed salads, large desserts, trifles, jellies tarts and mince pies, and also some very interesting looking hors d' oeuvres.
- Sherry, brandy, and Marsala add flavour and an alcoholic kick to creamy puddings such as trifle, syllabub, cranachan, brose, tiramisu, zabaglione, and egg nog.
- My trifle, in particular, was made with conspicuously fresh ingredients, and the attention made it a treat.
- I'd probably sprinkle them on top of a trifle if I ate trifles.
- Jayne and I decided to share a large slice of banoffee pie, which was gorgeous, while Marjorie, a connoisseur of trifles, gave the Lamplight sherry trifle nine marks out of ten.
- Popular desserts were trifle, fruit salad and traditional Christmas pudding, often made wrapped in a cloth and boiled in the copper.
- A course of orange squash, roast chicken dinner, trifle and a cup of tea was prescribed to nurse my hangover.
- I'd probably want to follow it with my mother-in-law's trifle or wonderful summer pudding.
verbˈtraɪfəlˈtrīfəl [no object]1trifle withTreat (someone or something) without seriousness or respect. he is not a man to be trifled with men who trifle with women's affections Example sentencesExamples - The top ladies can trifle with the exaggerated exposure of legging it around a male tournament, for they don't need the dollars but would occupy places men try hard to earn.
- We must not trifle with the people's trust by foot-dragging.
- He no longer needs to trifle with mere mortal intellects.
- I trifle with it if I am not hungry, and drink it when I am.
- That seven-day rhythm was not something to trifle with.
- He's just looking for true stories that lie buried in the data that, for most people, are far too intimidating to trifle with.
- Certainly, fixing the price of a kilo of pineapple or tapioca is something farmers don't trifle with.
- It is highly unlikely that they would allow any internal or external factor to trifle with their unity or a united platform to promote and preserve their interests.
- Delaney was not for trifling with and while others around him were off their game he compensated, and then some more!
- The member is beginning to trifle with the Chair.
- Important nations are feared, respected, and rarely trifled with.
- But this is too serious a matter to trifle with, and it's too heartfelt an issue.
- A physician cannot afford to trifle with the medical board.
- The member is starting to trifle with the House.
- Yet he has shown a willingness to trifle with it at a time when it is more important than ever to Australia's security.
- I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and drink it when I am.
- Genuine low self-esteem is nothing to trifle with.
- ‘We should not trifle with this final opportunity of achieving peace,’ Wickremesinghe said.
- Still, she has trifled with my emotions once too often.
- He simply doesn't have time to trifle with losers.
Synonyms treat in a cavalier fashion, treat lightly, treat frivolously, treat casually, play ducks and drakes with 2archaic Talk or act frivolously. we will not trifle—life is too short Example sentencesExamples - It means the act of dallying, flirting, toying or trifling.
- Coffee leads men to trifle away their time.
- Have they not, as Paul says, become vain in their disputations, always trifling about universals, formalities, connotations, and various other foolish words?
- How can we trifle away our lives.
- 2.1trifle something awaywith object Waste something, especially time, frivolously.
Example sentencesExamples - He is trifling it away; but no matter.
- 'I may be able to form an estimate of how I have spent my leisure time, whether I have been trifling it away or turning it to any particular advantage.
- The. life and health of the body appear too precious to be thus trifled away.
- And yet we can afford to trifle it away; yea, and to allow ourselves in this, and wilfully to cast off the greatest works of God.
- God supplied Adam with a suitable stock, but he trifled it away.
Phrases his methods are a trifle eccentric Example sentencesExamples - The trip was made a trifle bit easy for him since he was accompanying his parents to various areas, where all three worked in their respective area.
- But I know the chances of being able to actually go somewhere are a trifle slim, seeing as I've left it a bit late and all…
- Perhaps it would be a trifle rash to suggest that Australian sport has gone into terminal decline.
- But afterwards, the fields seemed a bit larger, the houses a trifle more substantial, the roads wider.
- As the number has swelled, the attention that tourism has got from the Government and the big business houses has made the small and medium entrepreneurs a trifle uneasy.
- Yet voice-over is always a trifle distancing, and particularly so when the language of the 1770s sounds so archaic to our ears today.
- Granted they both worked in a steam laundry in West Texas in the summer but the fact that they kept our house at a chilly 65 degrees now strikes me as a trifle extreme.
- These gadgets, though a trifle expensive at first, brought the theatre sound right into the living room, to the great delight of those who could afford the powerful systems.
- Now, you may think this game sounds a trifle sad.
- This commentary is a trifle self-indulgent, actually.
Synonyms a little, a bit, somewhat, a touch, a spot, a mite, a whit
Origin Middle English (also denoting an idle story told to deceive or amuse): from Old French trufle, by-form of trufe ‘deceit’, of unknown origin. The verb derives from Old French truffler ‘mock, deceive’. |