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trifling |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trifled}; p. pr & vb n. {Trifling}.] [OE. trifelen truflen See {Trifle}, n.] To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us --Hooker. {To trifle with}, to play the fool with to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trifling \Tri"fling\, a. Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as a trifling debt; a trifling affair. -- {Tri"fling*ly}, adv -- {Tri"fling*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trifling adj : not worth considering; "he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost"; "piffling efforts"; "a trifling matter" [syn: {negligible}, {paltry}] n : the deliberate act of wasting time instead of working [syn: {dalliance}, {dawdling}, {wasting time}]
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