ruffled
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Definition
Adjective: 1. Having decorative ruffles or frills: Describes something that is trimmed or adorned with strips of fabric, lace, or other material that are gathered or pleated to create a wavy, frilly edge. 2. Shaken into waves or undulations; disturbed: Describes a surface, especially of water, that has been agitated into small waves, or something that is no longer smooth and orderly.
Examples
- Adjective (Decorative):
- She wore a beautiful ruffled blouse to the party.
- The curtains had a ruffled edge that gave the room a soft look.
- Adjective (Disturbed):
- The ruffled surface of the pond reflected the clouds in broken patterns.
- His normally calm demeanor was visibly ruffled by the unexpected news.
Advanced Usage
- "To be/get ruffled" (figurative): To become annoyed, flustered, or upset, causing one's composure to be disturbed.
- Despite the intense questioning, the politician refused to get ruffled.
- Literary/Descriptive Use: Often used to describe natural scenes where wind disturbs a previously calm surface.
- A breeze came in off the lake, turning its mirror-like surface into a ruffled sheet of grey.
Variants and Related Words
- Ruffle (verb): To disorder or disturb the smoothness of something; to irritate or annoy someone.
- The wind ruffled the pages of her book.
- His arrogant comment ruffled a few feathers.
- Unruffled (adjective): Calm and not disturbed or agitated.
- She remained unruffled throughout the crisis.
Synonyms
- Frilled, frilly, flounced: (For the decorative meaning).
- Rippled, agitated, disturbed, choppy: (For the surface meaning).
- Flustered, discomposed, perturbed: (For the figurative meaning regarding composure).
Related Phrases
- Ruffle someone's feathers: To annoy, irritate, or upset someone.
- His blunt criticism really ruffled her feathers.
Adjective
- having decorative ruffles or frills
- shaken into waves or undulations as by wind
- the rippled surface of the pond
- with ruffled flags flying