trifle
n. சிறுக்கம, அற்பம், சிறுதொகை, சிறு மென்பண்ட வகை, பாலேடு அல்லது முட்டை வெண்கரு-பழம்-வாதுமை முதலியன கொண்டு செய்யப்படுந் திண்பண்டம், சிறுவங்கம், வௌளீயமுங் காரீயமுங் கலந்த சாம்பல் நிற உலோகக் கலவை, (வினை) விளையாட்டுத்தனமாகப் பேசு, பொறுப்பற்ற விதமாகச் செயலாற்று, சிறுபிள்ளைத்தனமாக நட, குறும்பாக நடந்துகொள், காலத்தை வீணாக்கு, ஆற்றலைச் சிதற அடி, பணத்தை வீணாக்கு.
Synonyms
#noun bauble, bagatelle, toy, straw, nothing, triviality, levity, joke,cipher, bubble, gewgaw, kickshaw, rush toy, play, dally, wanton, quibble, fribble
Antonyms
#noun treasure, portent, phenomenon, crisis, conjuncture, importance,urgency, weight, necessity, seriousness treat, cope, tackle, grapple, deal
Tri"fle, n. Etym: [OE. trifle, trufle, OF. trufle mockery, raillery, trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe truffle, the word being applied to any small or worthless object. See Truffle.] 1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. With such poor trifles playing. Drayton. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong As proofs of holy writ. Shak. Small sands the mountain, moments make year, And frifles life. Young. 2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it. Tri"fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trifled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trifling.] Etym: [OE. trifelen, truflen. See Trifle, n.] Defn: 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. Tri"fle, v. t. 1. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. [Obs.] Shak. 2. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money. "We trifle time." Shak.