🇬🇧 Ruffled meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Ruffled means feeling upset, bothered, or annoyed, like when something suddenly disturbs your calm and your feelings get all messy, the way feathers get all messed up and sticking out when a bird is bothered.

Mom got ruffled when she discovered the ‘science experiment’ in the fridge was actually my forgotten lunch from last month.

The ghost felt ruffled when everyone called him ‘cute’ instead of ‘terrifying.’

Our dog gets ruffled whenever the mail carrier dares to touch the sacred mailbox.

My hair was ruffled, my shirt was backwards, and somehow my sandwich was in my pocket—Mondays do that to people.

The chicken looked ruffled when we reminded it that birds are basically tiny dinosaurs with anxiety.

Mr. Hale arrived ruffled: the class noise had ruffled him, a dropped tray had ruffled him more, and a late email left him ruffled again. Students fell quiet. One child picked up the tray, said sorry, and offered tea. Mr. Hale took it, smiled, then finally was no longer ruffled.

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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