0 to touch or move something smooth so that it is not even: --
1 a series of small folds made in a piece of cloth or sewn onto it, as decoration --
2 to make someone upset or nervous or reduce someone’s confidence: --
4 a series of small folds made in a piece of cloth or sewn into it as decoration: --
lace ruffles
The grant-maintained initiative has probably ruffled more feathers than most others.
On the whole, we did not become too ruffled, although flustered once or twice.
I do not know whether he counts as an ethnic minority, but it seems to have ruffled a few feathers.
The fact is that that new clause ruffled the feathers of some fairly big birds.
Rehousing could have been done in a way that would have ruffled nobody and have done justice to everybody.
They do their best to smooth ruffled feelings and remove a sense of grievance.
I am not surprised that in these circumstances some of the students feel ruffled about the situation.
The feathers under the wings were not ruffled at all.
