unruffle

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verb

To remove ruffles from; to make smooth.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person unruffles · participle present unruffling · participle past unruffled · past unruffled

  1. transitiveTo remove ruffles from; to make smooth.
  2. transitiveTo calm or soothe (a person).
  3. intransitiveTo 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

Origin

From un- + ruffle.

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APA

unruffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unruffle

MLA

“unruffle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unruffle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unruffle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unruffle.

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