to trifle

Examples

• All

• There can be no excuse for a man who is so disloyal as to trifle with the affections of his brother's fiancee.

  The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

• However, I am quite confident that he won't trifle with our friendship.

  The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

• Oh, do not trifle with me!

  A Soldier's Revenge (2021)

• Do not trifle with me.

  In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011)

• You are too generous to trifle with me.

  Pride & Prejudice (2005)

• Don't trifle with your luck.

  Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

• It occurred to her that this was no man to trifle with.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Now, I am warning you, Tom Thumb, don't you trifle with me.

  Blank Check (1994)

• He is now in his early 20s, fully grown and no man to trifle with.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Don't trifle with him.

  Bird (1988)

Synonyms

P

to play

vsto trifle

∞ 2.5

Behave in a way to trick or amuse someone

is about treating without seriousness or respect rather than deceiving or amusing

T

to trifle with

vsto trifle

10 7.5

To treat people or things in a careless, not serious way

is the single-word form used for the same lack of respect

D

to dally

vsto trifle

1 7.5

To think about an idea without planning to do it

is used when treating someone without seriousness or proper respect

Idioms

A

a trifle

16 4.1

A little in amount or degree

Phrasal Verbs

T

to trifle with

10 7.5

To treat people or things in a careless, not serious way

T

to trifle away

8.2

To waste time, money, or chances on things that do not matter

Compounds

M

mere trifle

1 4.0

A small thing that is not important

How Respectful

to trifle

5 7.3

to abuse

• NSFW

344 3.7

Surface Forms

Etymology