🇬🇧 Ruffled meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Ruffled means something has fabric that is gathered up into frills or waves so it looks bumpy, curly, or wavy instead of flat. A ruffled dress or ruffled curtain has extra fabric that’s scrunched or folded to make pretty, bouncy edges.

He wore ruffled shorts to soccer, and every time he ran, he sounded like a parade of rustling potato chips.

I wore ruffled pajamas and Mom said I looked like a marshmallow that got attacked by a sewing machine.

I put a ruffled bow on my dog’s head and he walked around like he was the king of embarrassment.

His ruffled bedspread is so fluffy that when he jumps on it, he disappears like a marshmallow in hot chocolate.

Grandma wore a giant pink ruffled dress that made her look like a walking cupcake with extra frosting.

She carried a tiny ruffled dress, fingers tracing the ruffled hem as wind lifted a ruffled curtain and scattered sewing pins across the floor. The ruffled collar on her coat almost hid the doll's bare neck; she smoothed the ruffled fabric, smiled, and hugged the doll, feeling calm in the golden light.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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