as in trivialities
something of little importance
let us not speak of trifles when our nation may be going to war
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as in flirts
to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun
do not trifle with me unless you mean to ask me to marry you
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as in plays
to spend time in aimless activity
spent a lazy afternoon trifling on the front porch
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Recent Examples of trifles
Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
Elegant trifles that prove a baking fail doesn’t mean failure at all.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Strawberries are delicious in cobblers, trifles, and crisps.
—Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trifles
Verb
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Upstairs on the sun deck, Damo flirts with the guests and works for his tip.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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The award goes to – an intense mystery, set in isolation, that flirts with genre while creating something wholly on its own.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
23 Aug. 2025
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In the film, Bajpayee plays the police officer while Jim Sarbh essays the role of the killer who goes by the fictional name Carl Bhojraj.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Soil moisture also plays a huge role, with the MSU Forestry Extension adding that ample precipitation is required for the most robust displays of color.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In images taken from the Israel-Gaza border on Tuesday, plumes of smoke could be seen rising above the city, which is the largest in the Gaza Strip.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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The study finds that hunter-gatherer groups across southern China and Southeast Asia practiced prolonged, low-temperature smoke-drying of corpses between roughly 12,000 and 4,000 years ago, with some remains at certain sites possibly dating back about 14,000 years.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Of course, a pipeline is small beer compared to the world’s largest island, Greenland, laden with energy resources and rare earths.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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No one has ever rushed to the theatre for the sake of Hero and Claudio, the secondary lovers, whose wooings and sunderings, though eventful, seem like very small beer compared with the rich flirtatious spirits of the primary pair.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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