different between ruffle vs frustrate
ruffle
English
Etymology
From Middle English ruffelen, perhaps from Old Norse hrufla (“to graze, scratch”) or Middle Low German ruffelen (“to wrinkle, curl”). Further origin unknown. Related to Middle Dutch ruyffelen, German Low German ruffeln. See English ruff.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???f?l/
- Rhymes: -?f?l
Noun
ruffle (plural ruffles)
- Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
- Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
- (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
- (zoology) The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.
Synonyms
- (strip of fabric): frill, furbelow
Translations
Verb
ruffle (third-person singular simple present ruffles, present participle ruffling, simple past and past participle ruffled)
- (transitive) To make a ruffle in; to curl or flute, as an edge of fabric.
- (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- the fantastic revelries […] that so often ruffled the placid bosom of the Nile
- 1860, Sir William Hamilton, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
- These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind.
- 1859, Alfred Tennyson, Guinevere
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- (intransitive) To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent.
- (intransitive) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
- (intransitive) To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on airs; to swagger.
- To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.
- To erect in a ruff, as feathers.
- 1832, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art
- (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
- To throw together in a disorderly manner.
Translations
Derived terms
- rufflement
- ruffler
- ruffle some feathers
- ruffle up
- ruffly
- unruffled
References
Anagrams
- Fulfer, luffer
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frustrate
English
Etymology
From Latin fr?str?tus, perfect passive participle of fr?str? (“I deceive”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f???st?e?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?f??st?e?t/
Verb
frustrate (third-person singular simple present frustrates, present participle frustrating, simple past and past participle frustrated)
- (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
- (transitive) To hinder or thwart.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder
- (transitive) To cause stress or annoyance.
Translations
Adjective
frustrate (comparative more frustrate, superlative most frustrate)
- ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:frustrate.
Translations
Italian
Adjective
frustrate
- feminine plural of frustrato
Noun
frustrate f
- plural of frustrata
Verb
frustrate
- second-person plural present indicative of frustrare
- second-person plural imperative of frustrare
- feminine plural of frustrato
Anagrams
- sfruttare, sfrutterà
Latin
Verb
fr?str?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of fr?str?
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- what frustrates death about his appearance
- what frustrates your child
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