Synonyms and Antonyms of ruffle

synonym (synonym of ruffle)

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hypernym (ruffle IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a high tight collar (noun.artifact)
    collar, neckband
    a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over (noun.artifact)
     
  • a noisy fight (noun.act)
    combat, fight, fighting, scrap
    the act of fighting; any contest or struggle (noun.act)
     
  • a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim (noun.artifact)
    adornment
    a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness (noun.artifact)
     
  • discompose (verb.emotion)
    fluster
    cause to be nervous or upset (verb.emotion)
     
  • disturb the smoothness of (verb.contact)
    disarrange
    destroy the arrangement or order of (verb.contact)
     
  • erect or fluff up (verb.contact)
    loosen
    make less dense (verb.contact)
     
  • mix so as to make a random order or arrangement (verb.contact)
    manipulate
    hold something in one's hands and move it (verb.contact)
     
  • pleat or gather into a ruffle (verb.contact)
    fold, fold up, turn up
    bend or lay so that one part covers the other (verb.contact)
     
  • stir up (water) so as to form ripples (verb.motion)
    flow, flux
    move or progress freely as if in a stream (verb.motion)
     
  • to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others (verb.motion)
    walk
    use one's feet to advance; advance by steps (verb.motion)
     
  • trouble or vex (verb.emotion)
    annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex
    cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations (verb.emotion)
     
  • twitch or flutter (verb.contact)
    displace, move
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF ruffle relation)

  • a high tight collar (noun.artifact)
    fraise
    a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century (noun.artifact)
     
  • a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim (noun.artifact)
    gauffer, goffer
    an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    jabot
    a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    peplum
    a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse (noun.artifact)
     
  • mix so as to make a random order or arrangement (verb.contact)
    reshuffle
    shuffle again (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    riffle
    shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    cut
    divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult (verb.contact)
     

entail (entailment relations of ruffle)

  • stir up (water) so as to form ripples (verb.motion)
    fold, fold up, turn up
    bend or lay so that one part covers the other (verb.contact)
     

derivation (.... is derived from ruffle)

  • a high tight collar (noun.artifact)
    choke, fret, gag
    be too tight; rub or press (verb.contact)
     
  • a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim (noun.artifact)
    pleat, ruffle
    pleat or gather into a ruffle (verb.contact)
     
  • (adj.all)
    frilled, frilly, ruffled
    having decorative ruffles or frills (adj.all)
     
  • mix so as to make a random order or arrangement (verb.contact)
    make, shuffle, shuffling
    the act of mixing cards haphazardly (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    admixture, commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture
    the act of mixing together (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.event)
    mix, mixture
    an event that combines things in a mixture (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.person)
    shuffler
    the card player who shuffles the cards (noun.person)
     
  • pleat or gather into a ruffle (verb.contact)
    pleating, plication
    the act of folding in parallel folds (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    flounce, frill, furbelow, ruffle
    a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    plait, pleat
    any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape (noun.artifact)
     
  • stir up (water) so as to form ripples (verb.motion)
    riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet
    a small wave on the surface of a liquid (noun.event)
     
  • to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others (verb.motion)
    prance, strut, swagger
    a proud stiff pompous gait (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.animal)
    prancer
    a mettlesome or fiery horse (noun.animal)
     
  • (noun.person)
    swaggerer
    someone who walks in an arrogant manner (noun.person)
     
synonym also hypernym hyponym entail derivation flounce frill choker neck ruff affray disturbance fluff up plump up shake up combat fight collar neckband adornment fold fraise gauffer jabot peplum reshuffle fold fold up turn up choke fret pleat frilled frilly pleating
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. flounce, frill, furbelow . choker, neck ruff, ruff . affray, disturbance, fray . cockle, riffle, ripple, undulate . cock, prance, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup . flick, riffle . mix, shuffle . fluff . mess up, ruffle up, rumple . pleat . fluff up, plump up, shake up . collar, neckband . combat, fight, fighting, scrap . adornment . fluster . disarrange . loosen . manipulate . fold, fold up, turn up . flow, flux . walk . annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex . displace, move . fraise . gauffer, goffer . jabot . peplum . reshuffle . riffle . cut . fold, fold up, turn up . choke, fret, gag . pleat, ruffle . frilled, frilly, ruffled . make, shuffle, shuffling . admixture, commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture . mix, mixture . shuffler . pleating, plication . flounce, frill, furbelow, ruffle . plait, pleat . riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet . prance, strut, swagger . prancer . swaggerer


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