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ruffled up

ruffled up is the simple past and past participle of ruffle up.

Meaning of ruffle up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To disturb the smoothness of.
    Synonyms:
    rumple, mess up, toruffle
  2. (transitive) To destroy or ruin the arrangement or order of; disarrange

Questions about ruffled up

What is ruffled up the simple past and past participle of?
Ruffled up is the simple past and past participle of ruffle up.

Words near ruffled up in the dictionary

  1. ruffled a few feathers
  2. ruffled any feathers
  3. ruffled feathers
  4. ruffled some feathers
  5. ruffled someone's feathers
  6. ruffled up
  7. ruffleless
  8. rufflement
  9. rufflements
  10. ruffler
  11. rufflers

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