ruffle - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a noisy fight

Synonyms

• affray
• disturbance
• fray
• ruffle

More generic

• combat
• fight
• fighting
• scrap

Noun

a high tight collar

Synonyms

• choker
• neck ruff
• ruff
• ruffle

More generic

• collar
• neckband

More specific

• fraise

Noun

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

Synonyms

• flounce
• frill
• furbelow
• ruffle

More generic

• adornment

More specific

• gauffer
• goffer
• jabot
• peplum

Verb

pleat or gather into a ruffle

Synonyms

• pleat
• ruffle

More generic

• fold
• fold up
• turn up

Verb

disturb the smoothness of

Synonyms

• mess up
• ruffle
• ruffle up
• rumple

More generic

• disarrange

Verb

erect or fluff up

Synonyms

• fluff
• ruffle

More generic

• loosen

Verb

mix so as to make a random order or arrangement

Synonyms

• mix
• ruffle
• shuffle

More generic

• manipulate

More specific

• cut
• reshuffle
• riffle

Verb

twitch or flutter

Synonyms

• flick
• riffle
• ruffle

More generic

• displace
• move

Verb

trouble or vex

Synonyms

• ruffle

More generic

• annoy
• bother
• chafe
• devil
• get at
• get to
• gravel
• irritate
• nark
• nettle
• rag
• rile
• vex

Verb

discompose

Synonyms

• ruffle

More generic

• fluster

Verb

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

Synonyms

• cock
• prance
• ruffle
• sashay
• strut
• swagger
• tittup

More generic

• walk

Verb

stir up (water) so as to form ripples

Synonyms

• cockle
• riffle
• ripple
• ruffle
• undulate

More generic

• flow
• flux

Related

• fold
• fold up
• turn up

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