unruffle

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ ruffle.

Verb

unruffle (third-person singular simple present unruffles, present participle unruffling, simple past and past participle unruffled)

  1. (transitive) To remove ruffles from; to make smooth.
  2. (transitive) To calm or soothe (a person).
  3. (intransitive) To calm down.
    • 2000, Robert Grant, The Gift of Lack: Short Stories and Other Writings, page 73:
      stood grinning like a gnome, obviously delighted to watch me flush and ruffle and then gradually unflush and unruffle.