ruffle
/ˈrʌf(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈrʌf(ə)l/
ruffle
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ruf - fle -> ruffle
Myanmar meaning
(v.t) ကြာယက်လုပ်သည်။တွန့်ရွှံ့စေသည်။ဖွာစေသည်။ဖရိုဖရဲဖြစ်စေသည်။ဂယက်ထစေသည်။(n) အနားတွန့်။စိတ်ကြွခြင်း။ရုန်းရင်းဆန်ခတ်ဖြစ်ခြင်း။
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၁။ ~ sth (up) ဖရိုဖရဲပွရောင်းစေသည်။ ဖွသည်။ a breeze ruffling the calm surface of the lake ❍ ruffled sheets ❍ Don't ruffle my hair, I've just combed it. ❍ The bird ruffled up its feathers.
၂။ (esp passive) စိတ်လှုပ်ရှားစေ သည်။ ဒေါပွစေသည်။ She was obviously ruffled by the question. ❍ He never gets ruffled, even under pressure.
n တွန့်ခေါက်ထားသော လည်ခွံ (သို့) အကျႌလက်အနား။
❏ ruffle sb's feathers [IDM ] (infml ) ကျွဲမြီးတိုစေသည်။ နားရွက်တံတွေးဆွတ်သည်။
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disturb, mess up, tousle, rumple, upset, dishevel, unsettle, make a mess of, abrade, agitate, anger, annoy, bluster, bother, browbeat, bully, chafe, cockle, confuse, cow, crease, crinkle, crumple, crush, derange, disarrange, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disquiet, disrupt, distress, dog's ear, excite, fandangle, flection, flexure, floor, flummox, flurry, fluster, flute, fold, foppery, fracas, fret, frill, fringe, fuddle, gall, get to, gingerbread, harass, intimidate, irk, irritate, kilt, knife edge, knife-edge, knock-down-drag-out, lapel, mane, manes, nettle, peeve, perturb, pleat, plica, plication, plicature, provoke, pucker, purse, put off, put out, rattle, rattle one's cage, rickrack, rifle, rimple, rivel, ruche, ruck, set to, set-to, setto, shake up, shirring, smocking, stir, stump, tangle, tassel, throw into tizzy, to do, torment, trimming, trouble, vex, wear, worry, wrinkle
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