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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Ruffling.] [From Ruff a plaited collar, a drum beat, a
     tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.]
     1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers,
        plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
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     2. To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
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     3. To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by
        agitation or commotion.
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              The fantastic revelries . . . that so often ruffled
              the placid bosom of the Nile.         --I. Taylor.
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              She smoothed the ruffled seas.        --Dryden.
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     4. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
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              [the swan] ruffles her pure cold plume. --Tennyson.
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     5. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
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     6. To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
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              These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind. --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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              But, ever after, the small violence done
              Rankled in him and ruffled all his heart.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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     7. To throw into disorder or confusion.
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              Where best
              He might the ruffled foe infest.      --Hudibras.
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     8. To throw together in a disorderly manner. [R.]
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              I ruffled up falen leaves in heap.    --Chapman
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     To ruffle the feathers of, to exite the resentment of; to
        irritate.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ruffled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Ruffling.] [From Ruff a plaited collar, a drum beat, a
     tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.]
     1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers,
        plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
  
     2. To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.
  
     3. To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by
        agitation or commotion.
  
              The fantastic revelries . . . that so often ruffled
              the placid bosom of the Nile.         --I. Taylor.
  
              She smoothed the ruffled seas.        --Dryden.
  
     4. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
  
              [the swan] ruffles her pure cold plume. --Tennyson.
  
     5. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
  
     6. To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.
  
              These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind. --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
  
              But, ever after, the small violence done Rankled in
              him and ruffled all his heart.        --Tennyson.
  
     7. To throw into disorder or confusion.
  
              Where best He might the ruffled foe infest.
                                                    --Hudibras.
  
     8. To throw together in a disorderly manner. [R.]
  
              I ruffled up falen leaves in heap.    --Chapman
  
     To ruffle the feathers of, to exite the resentment of; to
        irritate.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  ruffled
       adj 1: shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled
              surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying"
              [syn: rippled]
       2: having decorative ruffles or frills [syn: frilled, frilly]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ruffled
     a.
     1 Having ruffles.
     2 puff up like a bird's feathers.
     3 (lb en informal) bothered.
     vb.
     (infl of en ruffle  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  ruffled
     a.
     1 Having ruffles.
     2 puff up like a bird's feathers.
     3 (lb en informal) bothered.
     vb.
     (infl of en ruffle  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  ruffled
     a.
     1 Having ruffles.
     2 puff up like a bird's feathers.
     3 (lb en informal) bothered.
     vb.
     (infl of en ruffle  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  ruffled
     a.
     1 Having ruffles.
     2 puff up like a bird's feathers.
     3 (lb en informal) bothered.
     vb.
     (infl of en ruffle  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ruffled
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm r uffle d)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Ruffled /ɹˈʌfəld/
  منزعج