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Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈʌfə͡ld], [ ɹˈʌfəld], [ ɹ_ˈʌ_f_əl_d]
Ruffled can be used to describe something that is disheveled or agitated. There are many synonyms for this word, including frayed, tousled, frazzled, crumpled, wrinkled and disordered. These words can be used to describe a wide range of objects, from clothing and hair to paper and surfaces. For example, you might say that someone's hair looked tousled after a windy day, or that a piece of paper had become wrinkled after being crumpled up and tossed around. Whatever the context, these synonyms for ruffled can add depth and nuance to your descriptions and help you convey exactly the mood or feeling you're trying to express.
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Similar words for ruffled:
- excited (adjective)
- rough (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- disconcerted (adjective)
- disheveled (adjective)
- disordered (adjective)
- nervous (adjective)
- shaggy (adjective)
- tousled (adjective)
- troubled (adjective)
- turbulent (adjective)
- upset (adjective)
- agitated (noun)
- deranged (verb)
- roughened (verb)
Synonyms for Ruffled:
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adj.
• excited • rough- Asperous ,
- Crossgrained ,
- Knurled ,
- Scuffed ,
- brambly ,
- bristly ,
- chapped ,
- coarse ,
- gnarled ,
- jagged ,
- nodular ,
- not smooth ,
- ragged ,
- rugged ,
- rumpled ,
- scraggiest ,
- scraggy ,
- scratchy ,
- sinewy ,
- stubbled ,
- unlevel ,
- unshaven ,
- unshorn ,
- wrinkly ,
- ridged .
- be wildered ,
- be-wildered ,
- caught balance ,
- dis concerted ,
- dis-concerted ,
- messedup ,
- mixedup ,
- more fazed ,
- more flustered ,
- more messed up ,
- more messed-up ,
- more messedup ,
- more nonplussed ,
- more psyched out ,
- more psyched-out ,
- more psychedout ,
- more rattled ,
- more ruffled ,
- more shook up ,
- more shook-up ,
- more shookup ,
- more unglued ,
- more unzipped ,
- most fazed ,
- most flustered ,
- most messed up ,
- most messed-up ,
- most messedup ,
- most nonplussed ,
- most psyched out ,
- most psyched-out ,
- most psychedout ,
- most rattled ,
- most ruffled ,
- most shook up ,
- most shook-up ,
- most shookup ,
- most unglued ,
- most unzipped ,
- out countenance ,
- out of countenance ,
- psychedout ,
- shookup ,
- spacedout ,
- un glued ,
- un settled ,
- un zipped ,
- un-glued ,
- un-settled ,
- un-zipped .
- bagged out ,
- be draggled ,
- be-draggled ,
- blowziest ,
- dis arranged ,
- dis arrayed ,
- dis-arranged ,
- dis-arrayed ,
- frowzy ,
- more disarranged ,
- more disarrayed ,
- more rumpled ,
- more unbuttoned ,
- more uncombed ,
- more unfastidious ,
- most disarranged ,
- most disarrayed ,
- most rumpled ,
- most uncombed ,
- most unfastidious ,
- scuzzier ,
- scuzziest ,
- slovenly ,
- un buttoned ,
- un combed ,
- un fastidious ,
- un tidier ,
- un tidiest ,
- un tidy ,
- un-buttoned ,
- un-combed ,
- un-fastidious ,
- un-tidier ,
- un-tidiest ,
- un-tidy ,
- untidiest .
- all over place ,
- de ranged ,
- de-ranged ,
- dis connected ,
- dis continuous ,
- dis jointed ,
- dis located ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis organized ,
- dis placed ,
- dis-connected ,
- dis-continuous ,
- dis-jointed ,
- dis-located ,
- dis-ordered ,
- dis-organized ,
- dis-placed ,
- in coherent ,
- in-coherent ,
- mis laid ,
- mis placed ,
- mis-laid ,
- mis-placed ,
- more dislocated ,
- more molested ,
- more out of place ,
- more out-of-place ,
- more shifted ,
- more shuffled ,
- more tampered with ,
- more tampered-with ,
- more tamperedwith ,
- more tossed ,
- more tumbled ,
- most dislocated ,
- most molested ,
- most out of place ,
- most out-of-place ,
- most shifted ,
- most shuffled ,
- most tampered with ,
- most tampered-with ,
- most tamperedwith ,
- most tossed ,
- most tumbled ,
- re moved ,
- tamperedwith .
- dis tressed ,
- dis-tressed ,
- ex citable ,
- ex-citable ,
- high strung ,
- highstrung ,
- more nervous ,
- more spooked ,
- more unrestful ,
- most spooked ,
- most unrestful ,
- taut ,
- un easier ,
- un easiest ,
- un easy ,
- un restful ,
- un strung ,
- un-easier ,
- un-easiest ,
- un-restful ,
- un-strung ,
- unstrung ,
- up tight ,
- up-tight .
- long haired ,
- longhaired ,
- more long haired ,
- more long-haired ,
- more longhaired ,
- most long haired ,
- most long-haired ,
- most longhaired .
- beatup ,
- more beat up ,
- more beat-up ,
- more beatup ,
- more mussed up ,
- more mussed-up ,
- more mussedup ,
- most beat up ,
- most beat-up ,
- most beatup ,
- most mussed up ,
- most mussed-up ,
- most mussedup ,
- mussedup ,
- un kempt ,
- un kempter ,
- un kemptest ,
- un-kempt ,
- un-kempter ,
- un-kemptest .
- be-set ,
- dis pleased ,
- dis-pleased ,
- ex acerbated ,
- ex-acerbated ,
- more aggravated ,
- more anguished ,
- more beset ,
- more chagrined ,
- more exacerbated ,
- more harrowed ,
- more inconvenienced ,
- more irked ,
- more mortified ,
- more pestered ,
- more plagued ,
- more riled ,
- more tormented ,
- more tortured ,
- more vexed ,
- most aggravated ,
- most anguished ,
- most beset ,
- most chagrined ,
- most exacerbated ,
- most harrowed ,
- most inconvenienced ,
- most irked ,
- most mortified ,
- most pestered ,
- most plagued ,
- most riled ,
- most tormented ,
- most tortured ,
- most vexed ,
- troubled .
- Moiling ,
- howling ,
- in-clement ,
- more blustering ,
- more foaming ,
- more howling ,
- more moiling ,
- more stormful ,
- more storming ,
- more swirling ,
- most blustering ,
- most foaming ,
- most howling ,
- most moiling ,
- most stormful ,
- most storming ,
- most swirling ,
- tumultous- tumultuous ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest .
- dis mayed ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-quieted ,
- in disarray ,
- more amazed ,
- more dismayed ,
- more disquieted ,
- more dragged ,
- more grieved ,
- more toppled ,
- most amazed ,
- most dismayed ,
- most disquieted ,
- most dragged ,
- most grieved ,
- most toppled ,
- over turned ,
- over-turned ,
- top pled ,
- top-pled ,
- up-set ,
- upsidedown .
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n.
• agitated -
v.
• deranged- Capsized ,
- Churned ,
- Convulsed ,
- Displaced ,
- Hashed ,
- Meddled ,
- Messed ,
- Mussed ,
- Rummaged ,
- Swirled ,
- Tampered ,
- Tossed ,
- Tumbled ,
- Whipped ,
- Whisked ,
- blurred ,
- botched ,
- cluttered ,
- confounded ,
- confused ,
- deranged ,
- disarranged ,
- discomposed ,
- dislocated ,
- disorganized ,
- disturbed ,
- fermented ,
- jumbled ,
- mislaid ,
- misplaced ,
- mixed up muddled ,
- perturbed ,
- roiled ,
- roughened ,
- scattered ,
- scrambled .
Other relevant words:
- Babbled ,
- Blustered ,
- Bubbled ,
- Clicked ,
- Cocked ,
- Cockled ,
- Collared ,
- Commingled ,
- Conflated ,
- Flapped ,
- Flicked ,
- Flipped ,
- Flounced ,
- Flurried ,
- Fluted ,
- Fumbled ,
- Fussed ,
- Goffered ,
- Gurgled ,
- Involuted ,
- Jerked ,
- Melded ,
- Mingled ,
- Muffed ,
- Piqued ,
- Plaited ,
- Plicated ,
- Pocky ,
- Pothered ,
- Pranced ,
- Ripply ,
- Roused ,
- Rucked ,
- Ruffed ,
- Scuffled ,
- Shambled ,
- Shuffled ,
- Sidled ,
- Snapped ,
- Strutted ,
- Swaggered ,
- Swashed ,
- Torsional ,
- adorned ,
- aflame ,
- aggravated ,
- amalgamated ,
- anfractuous ,
- angered ,
- angry ,
- annoyed ,
- anxious ,
- apprehensive ,
- aroused ,
- baffled ,
- balled-up ,
- beside oneself ,
- bewildered ,
- bobbled ,
- bollocksed ,
- bothered ,
- broken ,
- browned off ,
- bullied ,
- bumbled ,
- bumpy ,
- bungled ,
- burbled ,
- chaotic ,
- choppy ,
- circuitous ,
- coalesced ,
- combined ,
- concerned ,
- corrugated ,
- creased ,
- crinkled ,
- crinkly ,
- cross-grained ,
- crumpled ,
- curled ,
- decorated ,
- desegregated ,
- discombobulated ,
- discomfited ,
- disconcerted ,
- dishevelled ,
- disorganised ,
- disquieted ,
- distressed ,
- dog-eared ,
- doubled ,
- edgy ,
- embarrassed ,
- enraged ,
- exasperated ,
- excitable ,
- fazed ,
- fearful ,
- feverish ,
- fidgety ,
- flappable ,
- flexible ,
- flexuous ,
- fluffed ,
- flustered ,
- fluttered ,
- folded ,
- frantic ,
- frayed ,
- frenetic ,
- frenzied ,
- fretful ,
- frightened ,
- frilled ,
- frilly ,
- fused ,
- galled ,
- gathered ,
- grainy ,
- granulated ,
- harassed ,
- high ,
- highly strung ,
- homespun ,
- hot and bothered ,
- hysterical ,
- ill at ease ,
- in a dither ,
- in a flap ,
- in a stew ,
- in a sweat ,
- in a tizzy ,
- integrated ,
- intimidated ,
- irked ,
- irregular ,
- irritated ,
- itchy ,
- jittery ,
- jumpy ,
- labyrinthine ,
- leafed ,
- matted ,
- mazy ,
- meandering ,
- merged ,
- miffed ,
- mishandled ,
- mixed ,
- mixed-up ,
- moved ,
- nervous ,
- nervy ,
- nettled ,
- on a high ,
- on edge ,
- on tenterhooks ,
- overwrought ,
- peeved ,
- perplexed ,
- pimply ,
- pitted ,
- pleated ,
- pliable ,
- plicate ,
- potholed ,
- provoked ,
- puckered ,
- put out ,
- puzzled ,
- queasy ,
- rank ,
- rattled ,
- resentful ,
- restive ,
- restless ,
- riffed ,
- riffled ,
- riled ,
- rolled ,
- roughcast ,
- roughhewn ,
- roundabout ,
- rutty ,
- sashayed ,
- scared ,
- sensitive ,
- serpentine ,
- shaggy ,
- shaken ,
- shaky ,
- shook ,
- sigmoid ,
- sinuous ,
- skittish ,
- snaky ,
- snarled ,
- stimulated ,
- stirred ,
- stirred up ,
- tangled ,
- tense ,
- textured ,
- thrown off ,
- thumbed ,
- tortuous ,
- troublous ,
- tucked ,
- turbulent ,
- turning ,
- twisting ,
- twisty ,
- uncombed ,
- uncomfortable ,
- uneasy ,
- uneven ,
- unhinged ,
- unified ,
- unkempt ,
- unnerved ,
- unpeaceful ,
- unpolished ,
- unquiet ,
- unrefined ,
- unsettled ,
- unsmooth ,
- uptight ,
- vexed ,
- wavelike ,
- wavy ,
- whorled ,
- winding ,
- worked up ,
- worried ,
- wound up ,
- wrinkled .
- Stormful ,
- all over the place ,
- all torn up ,
- anguished ,
- be set ,
- beat-up ,
- blowzier ,
- blowzy ,
- broken up ,
- bummed out ,
- caught off balance ,
- come apart ,
- disarrayed ,
- disheveled ,
- disordered ,
- in botheration ,
- in confusion ,
- long-haired ,
- messed-up ,
- mussed up ,
- mussed-up ,
- out of place ,
- out-of-place ,
- psyched out ,
- psyched-out ,
- rough ,
- scuzzy ,
- shook-up ,
- taken aback ,
- tampered with ,
- tampered-with ,
- tipped over ,
- tousled ,
- unfastidious ,
- unglued ,
- unrestful ,
- up set ,
- upset ,
- worried stiff .
How to use "Ruffled" in context?
When used to describe the surface of cloth, "ruffled" typically connotes a perceived degree of agitation or movement. Applied to the surface of the wind, "ruffling" can create an erratic gust of air. In meteorology, "ruffling" is the characteristic Beaufort wind speed pattern characterized by short, rapidly changing gusts.
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