ruffled
ruh fuhld
- v stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- v trouble or vex
- v to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
- v discompose
- v twitch or flutter
- v mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
- v erect or fluff up
the bird ruffled its feathers - v disturb the smoothness of
- v pleat or gather into a ruffle
- s shaken into waves or undulations as by wind
with ruffled flags flying - s having decorative ruffles or frills
- The show ruffled feathers among Beijing's commissars.
- Another ritual the author witnessed: garbed as half man, half woman in a ruffled shirt, cutaway coat, silk hat, and cigar stub, Papa Nebo, an hermaphrodite, wrought mysteries .
- A Jesuit source in Rome said that the new boss had ruffled Vatican feathers in 1998 with his role in a request by Asian bishops for more local authority for Church decisions.