Synonyms for ruffle
ˈrʌf əlruf·fle

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1. ruffle

   Synonyms:
   wrinkle, roughen, dis, compose, disturb, agitate, disorder, derange, disarrange, confute, excite

   Antonyms:
   smooth, allay, equalize, compose, quiet, arrange, calm, stroke, conciliate

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1. frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelownoun

   a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

   Synonyms:
   fray, ruff, affray, gimcrack, gimcrackery, frill, falderol, folderal, neck ruff, flounce, furbelow, disturbance, nonsense, trumpery, choker

2. choker, ruff, ruffle, neck ruffnoun

   a high tight collar

   Synonyms:
   flounce, disturbance, ruff, garrotter, frill, throttler, strangler, neckband, choker, dog collar, garroter, trumping, fray, furbelow, collar, affray, neck ruff

3. affray, disturbance, fray, ruffleverb

   a noisy fight

   Synonyms:
   commotion, mental disturbance, hurly burly, disturbance, mental disorder, interference, ruff, folie, upset, flounce, flutter, choker, to-do, psychological disorder, perturbation, furbelow, kerfuffle, fracas, frill, hoo-ha, disruption, altercation, fray, noise, neck ruff, affray, hoo-hah

4. ripple, ruffle, riffle, cockle, undulateverb

   stir up (water) so as to form ripples

   Synonyms:
   prance, flick, mix, flip, tittup, shuffle, rumple, ruffle up, ripple, cock, roll, sashay, flap, babble, knit, leaf, swagger, strut, pleat, riffle, gurgle, riff, cockle, burble, thumb, wave, crumple, pucker, mess up, guggle, undulate, fluff, bubble

5. ruffleverb

   trouble or vex

   "ruffle somebody's composure"

   Synonyms:
   ripple, ruffle up, tittup, sashay, swagger, rumple, riffle, pleat, mix, shuffle, fluff, strut, prance, mess up, cock, cockle, flick, undulate

6. tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cockverb

   to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others

   "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house"

   Synonyms:
   ripple, ruffle up, tittup, sashay, swash, swagger, cock, riffle, pleat, mix, shuffle, sidle, fluff, strut, chasse, bluster, prance, mess up, browbeat, bully, cockle, flick, rumple, undulate

7. ruffleverb

   discompose

   "This play is going to ruffle some people"; "She has a way of ruffling feathers among her colleagues"

   Synonyms:
   ripple, ruffle up, tittup, sashay, swagger, rumple, riffle, pleat, mix, shuffle, fluff, strut, prance, mess up, cock, cockle, flick, undulate

8. flick, ruffle, riffleverb

   twitch or flutter

   "the paper flicked"

   Synonyms:
   thumb, ripple, tittup, click, sashay, swagger, riff, leaf, cock, riffle, pleat, mix, flip, ruffle up, shuffle, snap, fluff, strut, flicker, mess up, jerk, prance, cockle, flick, rumple, undulate

9. shuffle, ruffle, mixverb

   mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

   "shuffle the cards"

   Synonyms:
   prance, integrate, flick, shuffle, commix, tittup, rumple, conflate, mix in, mingle, ripple, cock, fuse, sashay, scuffle, immix, merge, swagger, strut, commingle, riffle, pleat, mess up, cockle, meld, amalgamate, combine, unify, flux, shamble, coalesce, undulate, mix, fluff, ruffle up, blend, desegregate

10. ruffle, fluffverb

    erect or fluff up

    "the bird ruffled its feathers"

    Synonyms:
    botch, prance, flick, shuffle, bungle, tease, tittup, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, ruffle up, blow, ripple, screw up, cock, rumple, sashay, fumble, flub, ball up, bollocks, strut, pleat, riffle, mess up, cockle, louse up, bollocks up, bollix, muff, swagger, undulate, foul up, mix, fluff, bobble, bollix up, spoil, bodge

11. ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess upverb

    disturb the smoothness of

    "ruffle the surface of the water"

    Synonyms:
    botch, prance, flick, screw up, shuffle, bungle, tittup, muck up, mishandle, bumble, botch up, ruffle up, blow, ripple, flub, cock, rumple, sashay, fumble, knit, ball up, bollocks, strut, pleat, riffle, mess up, cockle, crease, louse up, bollocks up, wrinkle, bollix, crumple, pucker, muff, swagger, undulate, foul up, mix, mess, fluff, bobble, crinkle, bollix up, spoil, bodge

12. ruffle, pleatverb

    pleat or gather into a ruffle

    "ruffle the curtain fabric"

    Synonyms:
    ripple, ruffle up, tittup, sashay, swagger, rumple, plicate, riffle, pleat, mix, shuffle, fluff, strut, prance, mess up, cock, cockle, flick, undulate

Matched Categories

1. • Collar
   • Disarrange
   • Flow
   • Fluster
   • Fold
   • Loosen
   • Manipulate
   • Move
   • Vex
   • Walk

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1. ruffleverb

   Synonyms:
   disarrange, damage, disorder

2. ruffleverb

   Synonyms:
   discompose, disquiet, trouble, vex, torment, molest, plague, worry, harass, disturb, agitate

3. ruffleverb

   Synonyms:
   gather into folds, wrinkle, cockle, pucker

4. rufflenoun

   Synonyms:
   ruff, frill, edging

5. rufflenoun

   Synonyms:
   bustle, disturbance, commotion, confusion, perturbation, flutter, flurry, agitation, fluster, hurry-scurry

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1. rufflenoun

   Synonyms:
   ruff, frill, flounce, furbelow, perturbation, flurry, bustle

2. ruffleverb

   Synonyms:
   pucker, pleat, wrinkle, rumple, derange, disarrange, disorder, agitate, discompose, perturb, disconcert, swagger, strut

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1. Ana Maria Archila:

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2. Graham McGrath:

   While the decision may ruffle a few feathers, gender neutrality in humans has only recently become a widespread topic of conversation, however, it is completely natural for penguins to develop genderless identities as they grow into mature adults, what makes us really proud at the aquarium is the success of Sea Life London's Gentoo breeding program and the amazing job of same-sex penguins Rocky and Marama who took the chick under their wing and raised it as their own.