Ruffled - English meaning

Ruffled – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
(of a person's hair) disarranged.
Usage examples:
He ran a hand through his ruffled hair
adjective
(of a garment or part of a garment) having a ruffle or ruffles.
Usage examples:
She wore a sparkly top and a ruffled silk skirt

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

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

Ruffled translation into English

Ruffled: translate from English into Chinese

皱起的, 发脾气, 弄绉

Ruffled: translate from English into Dutch

Gegolfd, Plooien, Verstoren

Ruffled: translate from English into French

Ébouriffé, Ébouriffer, Troubler, Froisser, Hérisser, Rider, Déranger, Irriter, Chiffonner, Mélanger, Rebrousser

Ruffled: translate from English into German

Zerzaust, Gekräuselt, Gereizt

Ruffled: translate from English into Hindi

झालरदार, कंठीदार

Ruffled: translate from English into Italian

Arruffato, Scarmigliato

Ruffled: translate from English into Korean

러플, 구김살지게 하다, 혼란시키다, 마음을 혼란시키다, ...에 주름잡다, 섞어치다, 카드를 섞어치다, 구겨지다, 안달하다, 나직하게 둥둥 울리다, 북을 나직하게 둥둥 울리다

Ruffled: translate from English into Russian

Взъерошенный, Рябить, Раздражать, Морщить, Ерошить, Гофрировать, Собирать в сборки, Взлохматить, Взлохмачивать, Сердить, Нарушать спокойствие, Пререкаться, Вести себя заносчиво, Задирать, Хорохориться

Ruffled: translate from English into Spanish

Alborotado, Fruncir, 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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Ruffled – similar words

ruffle

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

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.

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 - all meanings in English

Ruffled 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

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

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