Antonyms for trifle

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : trahy-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtraɪ fəl

Definition of trifle

Origin : early 13c., trufle "false or idle tale," later "matter of little importance" (late 13c.), from Old French trufle "mockery," diminutive of truffe "deception," of uncertain origin.

noun novelty item
noun very small amout
verb toy with; mess around

Example sentences :

They thought their own habits and customs just a trifle better than those of anybody else.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

Grace's laugh sounded a trifle shaky, but it was a laugh nevertheless.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

The next thing was to borrow a trifle of what was passing through his hands.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Any trifle will serve—a purse of gold, or even a jewelled goblet.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

She was a trifle subdued, with a puzzled look in her blue eyes.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

If he really meant to back the horse he would not have started with such a trifle.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

He merely carried that bug-catcher nonsense a trifle too far.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

In the unlimited power of her magnetism, what a trifle she had asked of him!
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Linda realized that she had overdone her disinterestedness a trifle.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Had she got the rouge a trifle brighter on one cheek than on the other?
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Synonyms for trifle

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