frilled s having decorative ruffles or frills Usage(s) A show so lightly strummed, so insouciantly strutted, so frilled and beflowered needs to be stylish. Five little girls in white-frilled ginghams held wreaths emblazoned with the names of Liberia's five counties. His brocade jackets and frilled shirts merely reinforce the impression of 19th century decadence. Synonym(s) frilly ruffled