Meanings
adjectivefrilled (comparative more frilled, superlative most frilled)
comparative more frilled · superlative most frilled
- Having frills, frilly.
The sole image of Henry Cavendish captured in his lifetime shows an aristocratic-looking man in a frock coat, frilled shirt-wrists, and white stockings, wearing a knocker-tailed periwig under a black three-cornered hat.
2015, Steve Silberman, chapter 1, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New York: Avery, →ISBN, page 20
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of frill
Synonyms & antonyms
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with frilled
buildbuiltfilledkilledguildskilledrebuildbilledfulfilledgrilledthrilledchilledunskilledunfilledtilledgildgilledpilledprebuildsildungilledunswilled
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APA
frilled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frilled
MLA
“frilled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frilled. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “frilled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/frilled.
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