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ruffle any feathers

ruffle any feathers is the alternative form of ruffle some feathers.

Meaning of ruffle some feathers

Verb

ruffle some feathers (third-person singular simple present ruffles some feathers, present participle ruffling some feathers, simple past and past participle ruffled some feathers)

  1. (figuratively, informal) To cause a disturbance; to arouse resentment, anger, or concern.
    • Any frank discussion of politics is sure to ruffle some feathers.

Forms of ruffle any feathers

third-person singular presentruffles any feathers
present participleruffling any feathers
past participleruffled any feathers
pastruffled any feathers

Questions about ruffle any feathers

What is ruffle any feathers the alternative form of?
Ruffle any feathers is the alternative form of ruffle some feathers.

Words near ruffle any feathers in the dictionary

  1. Ruffino
  2. Ruffinos
  3. ruffins
  4. ruffle
  5. ruffle a few feathers
  6. ruffle any feathers
  7. ruffle feathers
  8. ruffle some feathers
  9. ruffle someone's feathers
  10. ruffle up
  11. ruffleable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ruffle any feathers (page history and authors); ruffle some feathers (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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