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Synonyms for “frill”

frill

noun

  1. ruffle, gathering, tuck, ruff, flounce, ruche, ruching, furbelow, purfle • net curtains with frills
  2. (often plural) trimmings, extras, additions, fuss, jazz (slang), dressing up, decoration(s), bits and pieces, icing on the cake, finery, embellishments, affectation(s), ornamentation, ostentation, frippery, bells and whistles, tomfoolery, gewgaws, superfluities, fanciness, frilliness, fandangles • The booklet restricts itself to facts without frills.

    See no frills

    1. plain, ordinary, modest, unpretentious, without extras, unostentatious, without trimmings, with no fancy bits, without bells and whistles, bare-bones • plain, simple cooking in no-frills surroundings

'frill' in Other Languages

  • British English: frill A frill is a long narrow strip of cloth or paper with many folds in it, which is attached to something as a decoration. NOUN...net curtains with frills.
  • Brazilian Portuguese: babado
  • Chinese: 褶边褶边邊
  • European Spanish: volante
  • French: volant
  • German: Rüsche
  • Italian: volant
  • Japanese: フリル
  • Korean: 주름 장식
  • Portuguese: folho
  • Spanish: volado

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