Synonym: agitate, annoy, crease, disturb, excite, fluster, fold, furrow, irk, perturb, provoke, rattle, rile, shake, trouble, upset, vex, wrinkle. Similar words: scuffle, muffled, baffle, baffled, afflict, guff, afflatus, effluent. Meaning: ['rʌfl] 
n. 1. a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim 2. a high tight collar 3. a noisy fight. v. 1. stir up (water) so as to form ripples 2. trouble or vex 3. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others 4. discompose 5. twitch or flutter 6. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement 7. erect or fluff up 8. disturb the smoothness of 9. pleat or gather into a ruffle.
n. 1. a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim 2. a high tight collar 3. a noisy fight. v. 1. stir up (water) so as to form ripples 2. trouble or vex 3. to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others 4. discompose 5. twitch or flutter 6. mix so as to make a random order or arrangement 7. erect or fluff up 8. disturb the smoothness of 9. pleat or gather into a ruffle. 31. Nothing could ruffle the perfect composure with which she casually greets members of staff.