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Synonyms for trifle
ˈtraɪ fəltri·fle
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Princeton's WordNet
triflenoun
a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
Synonyms:
small beer, trivia, technicality, trivialitytechnicality, trifle, trivialitynoun
a detail that is considered insignificant
Synonyms:
pettiness, technicality, triviality, small beer, slightness, puniness, triviatriviality, trivia, trifle, small beerverb
something of small importance
Synonyms:
pettiness, technicality, triviality, small beer, slightness, puniness, triviapiddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifleverb
waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
Synonyms:
wanton away, wee, wee-wee, piddle away, play, piddle, dally, urinate, frivol, relieve oneself, micturate, pass water, wanton, trifle away, puddle, piss, spend a penny, luxuriate, take a leak, make water, make, pee-pee, peefrivol, trifleverb
act frivolously
Synonyms:
play, frivol, piddle, wanton, piddle away, wanton away, dallydally, trifle, playverb
consider not very seriously
"He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
Synonyms:
take on, fiddle, wanton, bet, spiel, act, romance, run, flirt, dally, diddle, meet, coquette, piddle, roleplay, chat up, butterfly, act as, toy, encounter, playact, work, dawdle, make for, piddle away, play, represent, wanton away, frivol, bring, recreate, philander, coquet, mash, wreak, wager
Dictionary of English Synonymes
trifleverb
Synonyms:
act with levity, be busy about trifles, PIDDLEtrifleverb
Synonyms:
talk idly or frivolously, toy, wantontriflenoun
Synonyms:
BAGATELLE, triviality, pittance, modicum, small matter, thing of little value or consequence, thing of no moment, drop in the bucket, shadow of a shade
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #125 | work | |
| #132 | make | |
| #398 | little | |
| #516 | play | |
| #552 | act | |
| #672 | run | |
| #859 | meet | |
| #1099 | nothing | |
| #1425 | bring | |
| #2897 | toy | |
| #2976 | represent | |
| #3681 | romance | |
| #4364 | bet | |
| #4640 | rush | |
| #5138 | pee | |
| #6262 | piss | |
| #6675 | joke | |
| #6808 | bubble | |
| #7213 | butterfly | |
| #7290 | trivia | |
| #7693 | encounter | |
| #11663 | straw | |
| #12034 | scrap | |
| #13227 | wee | |
| #15487 | misery | |
| #18579 | flirt | |
| #18731 | fiddle | |
| #20204 | mash | |
| #21903 | wager | |
| #23915 | cipher | |
| #26041 | recreate | |
| #29684 | spiel | |
| #29966 | puddle | |
| #30101 | whit | |
| #34707 | iota | |
| #39191 | wanton | |
| #39769 | roleplay | |
| #44346 | jot | |
| #45562 | quibble | |
| #48580 | trifle | |
| #51515 | wreak | |
| #58994 | urinate | |
| #72473 | diddle | |
| #75763 | technicality | |
| #77786 | levity | |
| #81209 | dally | |
| #81303 | coquette | |
| #111042 | bagatelle | |
| #121837 | bauble | |
| #124580 | philander | |
| #129771 | frivol | |
| #137952 | triviality | |
| #146490 | pettiness | |
| #160975 | piddle | |
| #169405 | luxuriate | |
| #218314 | dawdle | |
| #228775 | coquet |
How to use trifle in a sentence?
At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.
Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.
Trifles go to make perfection,And perfection is no trifle.
Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. One great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.
Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.
Translations for trifle
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- تافهArabic
- ваҡ-төйәкBashkir
- fotesaCatalan, Valencian
- maličkostCzech
- bagatelDanish
- Trifle, KleinigkeitGerman
- sopa inglesaSpanish
- veidi, natuke, pisut, väheEstonian
- pikkujuttu, tina-astia, hitunen, väheksyä, rahtunen, pilailla, leikkiä, tina, hiukkanen, pikkuasia, trifle, leikitellä, hippunen, tinaseos, vitsailla, ripausFinnish
- bricole, bagatelle, babiole, broutilleFrench
- traidhfil, réadánIrish
- छोटी सीHindi
- apróságHungarian
- AgakIndonesian
- un po', peltro, bagattella, zuppa inglese, un tantino, inezia, cosa da poco, tartufo, briciolaItalian
- קְצָתHebrew
- トライフルJapanese
- nugaeLatin
- kanehe, takutakunga, takungaMāori
- aalmoes, puddingtaart, zever, bagatel, een beetje, klutsDutch
- drobiazgPolish
- ninharia, trifle, bugigangaPortuguese
- небольшая сумма, безделица, не принимать всерьёз, небольшое количество, пустяк, копейка, прикалываться, расточать, безделушка, мелочь, растрачивать, шутить, тратить, играть, разбазаривать, бисквит, теребитьRussian
- tratiti, тратити, tričarija, ситница, sitnica, тричаријаSerbo-Croatian
- maličkosťSlovak
- ทรัยเฟิลThai
- pandispanyalı tatlıTurkish
- chuyện lặt vặtVietnamese
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