Ruffle - English meaning

Ruffle – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it.
Usage examples:
The father laughs and jovially ruffles his son's hair
Synonims:
DisarrangeTousleDishevelRumpleRun one's fingers throughMake untidyTumbleRiffleDisorderMess upMake a mess ofTangleMussMuss up

noun
A strip of lace or other material, gathered along one edge to make an ornamental frill on a garment or other piece of fabric.
Usage examples:
The garment is often trimmed with lace, ruffles, bows and ribbons, optionally with spaghetti straps.
Synonims:
FrillFlounceRuffRucheJabotFurbelow
noun
A vibrating drumbeat.
Usage examples:
The ruffle on drums and the flourish on bugles are sounded together, up to four times depending on …

verb
To make someone upset or nervous or reduce someone’s confidence
Usage examples:
[ t ] it ruffled her composure, and she did not know how to respond., a sudden, strong breeze ruffl…

Ruffle translation into English

Ruffle: translate from English into Chinese

褶边, 生气, 波纹, 发脾气, 弄绉

Ruffle: translate from English into Dutch

Ruches, Rimpeling, Plooien, Plooi, Verstoren

Ruffle: translate from English into French

Ébouriffer, Troubler, Froisser, Hérisser, Manchette, Ondulation, Ride, Trouble, Rider, Déranger, Irriter, Chiffonner, Mélanger, Rebrousser

Ruffle: translate from English into German

Rüsche, Kräuseln, Krause, Sträuben, Zerzausen, Tombola, Verwirren, Verärgern, Zerraufen, Zausen, Lotterie, Trüben

Ruffle: translate from English into Hindi

चिढ़ाना, झालर, झालकर बनाना, व्याकुल करना, गुलूबंद, विकलता, परेशानी, घबड़ाहट, ढोल का धीमा शब्द

Ruffle: translate from English into Italian

Balza, Increspatura, Arruffare, Increspare, Scompigliare, Incresparsi, Arruffarsi, Agitare, Agitarsi, Turbare, Turbarsi

Ruffle: translate from English into Korean

물결, 주름 가장자리, 동요, 소동, 나직하게 둥둥 울리는 북소리, 구김살지게 하다, 혼란시키다, 마음을 혼란시키다, ...에 주름잡다, 섞어치다, 카드를 섞어치다, 구겨지다, 안달하다, 나직하게 둥둥 울리다, 북을 나직하게 둥둥 울리다

Ruffle: translate from English into Russian

Рябить, Раздражать, Раздражение, Рябь, Морщить, Ерошить, Досада, Шум, Гофрировать, Собирать в сборки, Взлохматить, Взлохмачивать, Сердить, Нарушать спокойствие, Пререкаться, Вести себя заносчиво, Задирать, Хорохориться, Наручники, Суматоха, Ссора, Стычка, Дробь барабана

Ruffle: translate from English into Spanish

Volante fruncido, Chorrera, Arruga, Fruncir, Rizo, Agitar, Arrugar, Arrugarse, Agitarse

Word origin

Middle English (as a verb): of unknown origin. Current noun senses date from the mid 17th century.

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Ruffle – similar words

ruffled

adjective
(of a person's hair) disarranged.
Usage examples:
He ran a hand through his ruffled hair

verb
Disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it.
Usage examples:
The father laughs and jovially ruffles his son's hair

adjective
Upset
Usage examples:
We spent a lot of time soothing the author’s ruffled feelings., a blouse with a ruffled neck

Ruffled - all meanings in English

Ruffle synonims

disarrange

ˌdɪs.əˈreɪndʒ

verb
Make untidy or disordered.
Usage examples:
Had any of the statues been removed or disarranged?

verb
To make something untidy

Disarrange - all meanings in English

disorder

dɪˈsɔː.dər

noun
A state of confusion.
Usage examples:
The world 's currency markets were in disorder

verb
Disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.
Usage examples:
They are disordering the political landscape

noun
A state in which objects or conditions are in no particular order; lack of system or planned organization
Usage examples:
The room was in such disorder that she couldn’t find anything., [ c ] a mental/physical disorder, […

Disorder - all meanings in English

flounce

flaʊns

verb
Go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient or angry manner.
Usage examples:
He stood up in a fury and flounced out

noun
An exaggerated action intended to express annoyance or impatience.
Usage examples:
She left the room with a flounce

noun
A wide ornamental strip of material gathered and sewn to a skirt or dress; a frill.
Usage examples:
Miss howitt's dress was in the height of fashion; blue silk spencer over a white round dress with s…

Flounce - all meanings in English

frill

frɪl

noun
A strip of gathered or pleated material sewn on to a garment or larger piece of material as a decorative edging or ornament.
Usage examples:
It was pink, with frills around the collar and bottom hem.

noun
A long, narrow strip of folded cloth that is sewn along the edge of a piece of clothing or material for decoration
Usage examples:
The frills on that car are nice, but except for air-conditioning, i don’t want them.

noun
A long, narrow strip of cloth with folds along one side that is sewn along the edge of a piece of clothing or material for decoration
Usage examples:
You could always sew a frill or two around the bottom of the skirt if you think it's too plain.

Frill - all meanings in English

make a mess of

noun
A condition of disorder and confusion, or something in that condition
Usage examples:
They left the kitchen a mess., we sat in traffic for two hours while they cleaned up the mess from …

Make a mess of - all meanings in English

muss

verb
Make (someone's hair or clothes) untidy or messy.
Usage examples:
The wind was mussing up his hair

noun
A state of disorder.
Usage examples:
No fuss, no muss—nothing left behind except a few little specks of dust

verb
To make messy
Usage examples:
Don’t muss my hair (up) – i just had it styled.

Muss - all meanings in English

riffle

verb
Turn over something, especially the pages of a book, quickly and casually.
Usage examples:
He riffled through the pages

noun
An act or sound of riffling through something.
Usage examples:
Just a riffle through the books

Riffle - all meanings in English

ruche

noun
A frill or pleat of fabric as decoration on a garment or soft furnishing.
Usage examples:
The cushions and pillows and bolster were all bright red, as was the canopy that draped itself over…

noun
A tight fold in a piece of cloth, used as a decoration
Usage examples:
The blouse is decorated with small ruches on the cuffs and neck., silk curtains were gathered in gr…

Ruche - all meanings in English

ruff

noun
A projecting starched frill worn round the neck, characteristic of elizabethan and jacobean costume.
Usage examples:
An elizabethan ruff

noun
An edible marine fish of australian inshore waters that is related to the australian salmon.

verb
(in bridge, whist, and similar card games) play a trump in a trick which was led in a different suit.
Usage examples:
Declarer ruffed and then led a heart

Ruff - all meanings in English

rumple

verb
Give a creased, ruffled, or dishevelled appearance to.
Usage examples:
The girl rumpled his thin streaky hair

noun
An untidy state.
Usage examples:
She left her clothes in a rumple on the floor

Rumple - all meanings in English

tangle

verb
Twist together into a confused mass.
Usage examples:
The broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt

noun
A confused mass of something twisted together.
Usage examples:
A tangle of golden hair

noun
Any of a number of brown seaweeds, especially oarweed.
Usage examples:
An entirely natural extract, it is based on seaweed or tangle, widely available around scotland's s…

Tangle - all meanings in English

tousle

verb
Make (a person's hair) untidy.
Usage examples:
I tousled his wispy silver hair

verb
To make someone's hair untidy, for example by rubbing it, or, of the wind, by blowing it
Usage examples:
She tousled her niece's hair, and went out., the wind tousled their hair.

Tousle - all meanings in English