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unruffle

unruffle verb: to remove ruffles from; to make smooth.

Verb

unruffle (third-person singular simple present unruffles, present participle unruffling, simple past and past participle unruffled)

  1. (transitive) To remove ruffles from; to make smooth.
  2. (transitive) To calm or soothe (a person).
  3. (intransitive) To calm down.
    • [The old man] stood grinning like a gnome, obviously delighted to watch me flush and ruffle and then gradually unflush and unruffle.2000, Robert Grant, The Gift of Lack: Short Stories and Other Writings, page 73

Forms of unruffle

third-person singular presentunruffles
present participleunruffling
past participleunruffled
pastunruffled

Origin of unruffle

From un- + ruffle.

Questions about unruffle

What does unruffle mean?
Unruffle means to remove ruffles from; to make smooth.
What part of speech is unruffle?
Unruffle is a verb.
What is the past tense of unruffle?
The past tense of unruffle is unruffled.

Words near unruffle in the dictionary

  1. unruefully
  2. unrueing
  3. unruffable
  4. unruffed
  5. unrufflable
  6. unruffle
  7. unruffled
  8. unruffledness
  9. unruffles
  10. unruffling
  11. unrug

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