Synonyms for trifle
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : trahy-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtraɪ fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for trifle Other synonyms for the word trifle
- amuse oneself
- be insincere
- bibelot
- dilly-dally
- doodle
- drop
- eyelash
- fidget
- flirt
- fly speck
- fool
- fool around
- fool with
- fraction
- fribble
- fritter
- futz around
- gewgaw
- hint
- horse around
- idle
- indulge in
- jot
- knickknack
- lead on
- little
- loiter
- lollygag
- lounge
- mess with
- misuse
- monkey
- monkey with
- no big deal
- nothing
- novelty
- objet d'art
- palter
- particle
- philander
- picayune
- piece
- pinch
- play
- play games with
- play with
- plaything
- potter
- putter
- shade
- smack
- soupçon
- speck
- spice
- spot
- squander
- squat
- string along
- suggestion
- suspicion
- touch
- toy
- trace
- trinket
- triviality
- twiddle
- use up
- wanton
- waste
- waste time
- whatnot
- wink at
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for trifle
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