ruffle

  • 41ruffle your feathers — annoy you, bother you, get your dander up    Don t let that insult ruffle your feathers. Don t let it upset you …

    English idioms

  • 42Ruffle a few feathers —   If you ruffle a few feathers, you annoy some people when making changes or improvements …

    Dictionary of English idioms

  • 43ruffle palm — aštrioji dygliapalmė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Arekinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, maistinis, vaisinis augalas (Aiphanes aculeata), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Aiphanes aculeata angl. ruffle palm; spine palm port. pupunha;… …

    Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • 44ruffle up — verb a) To disturb the smoothness of. b) To destroy or ruin the arrangement or order of; disarrange …

    Wiktionary

  • 45ruffle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. gather, shirr, crinkle, corrugate, plait; agitate, ripple, tousle, rumple, disarrange; vex, irritate. See agitation, excitement, disorder, roughness, fold. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flounce, furbelow …

    English dictionary for students

  • 46ruffle — ruf·fle || rÊŒfl n. pleated strip of ribbon or other material used as a decorative trim; fold, pleat; unevenness or disturbance of a surface v. gather into pleats, crease; muss, dishevel; agitate, disturb; annoy, irritate …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 47ruffle — verb 1》 make or become disarranged; disrupt the smooth surface of.     ↘(of a bird) erect (its feathers) in anger or display. 2》 upset the composure of. 3》 [usu. as adjective ruffled] ornament with or gather into a frill. noun 1》 an ornamental… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 48ruffle — I. v. a. 1. Disarrange, damage, disorder, rumple, derange. 2. Discompose, disquiet, trouble, vex, torment, molest, plague, worry, harass, disturb, agitate, confuse, excite. 3. Gather into folds, wrinkle, cockle, pucker. 4. Surprise. 5. Amass,… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 49ruffle — v 1. gather, pucker, plait, shirr, full, rimple, crimp, crisp, smock, flounce. 2. ripple, roil, roughen, stir up, undulate; curl, crumple, crinkle, cockle, crease, fold, ruck; dimple, wimple, corrugate, Inf. scrunch up, Inf. squish together. 3.… …

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  • 50ruffle — ruf·fle …

    English syllables