All ruffle synonyms
rufΒ·fle
R r verb ruffle
- fuddle β to muddle or confuse: a jumble of sounds to fuddle the senses.
- cannonading β a continued discharge of cannon, especially during an attack.
- misarrange β to arrange incorrectly or improperly: to misarrange a file.
- intimidate β to make timid; fill with fear.
- corrugate β to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
- commove β to disturb; stir up
- bedraggle β to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
- fan β an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
- chafe β If your skin chafes or is chafed by something, it becomes sore as a result of something rubbing against it.
- key up β a small metal instrument specially cut to fit into a lock and move its bolt.
- dog-eared β having dog-ears: a dog-eared book.
- joggle β to shake slightly; move to and fro, as by repeated jerks; jiggle: She joggled the key in the lock a couple of times before getting the door open.
- bristle β Bristles are the short hairs that grow on a man's chin after he has shaved. The hairs on the top of a man's head can also be called bristles when they are cut very short.
- get one's dander up β to become or to cause someone to become annoyed or angry
- backcomb β to comb the under layers of (the hair) towards the roots to give more bulk to a hairstyle
- discombobulate β to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
- crinkle β If something crinkles or if you crinkle it, it becomes slightly creased or folded.
- fold β to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
- crisped β (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- irritate β to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- in-convenience β the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- air-condition β to apply air conditioning to
- disorienting β to cause to lose one's way: The strange streets disoriented him.
- disarrange β to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
- muddle β to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
- derange β to disturb the order or arrangement of; throw into disorder; disarrange
- air-cool β to cool (an engine) by a flow of air
- bludgeoned β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- make waves β a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- discomfit β to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
- gall β (Pizi) 1840?β94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
- agitate β If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
- heat up β the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- in flames β to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- cockle β Cockles are small edible shellfish.
- buffaloing β any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- nettle β any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.
- flurry β a light, brief shower of snow.
- cockled β Simple past tense and past participle of cockle.
- fret β to feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like: Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help.
- commoving β Present participle of commove.
- fluff β light, downy particles, as of cotton.
- flare up β to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- ask for it β to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.