Definitions

fribble

[frib-uhl] / ˈfrɪb əl /

NOUN

fashion plate

Synonyms

WEAK

best-dressed clotheshorse dandy dude fop sharpy snappy dresser swell

NOUN

frivolity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

levity

STRONG

flightiness flippancy flirting flummery folly frippery frivolousness fun gaiety game giddiness jest lightheartedness lightness nonsense play puerility shallowness sport superficiality toying trifling triviality volatility whimsicality whimsy

WEAK

coquetting dallying

Antonyms

STRONG

sadness seriousness understanding work

WEAK

sensibility wiseness

VERB

trifle

Synonyms

STRONG

coquet dabble dally dawdle dilly-dally doodle fidget flirt fool fritter idle loiter lollygag lounge misuse monkey palter philander play potter putter squander toy twiddle wanton waste

WEAK

amuse oneself be insincere fool around fool with futz around horse around indulge in lead on mess with monkey with play games with play with string along use up waste time wink at

Antonyms

STRONG

hasten hoard hurry push rush save work

Example Sentences

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Prince Fribble would have smiled, shrugged, drawled, "Eh, after all, the girl is handsome and deplorably cold-blooded!"

From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch

Pownal, who was indeed a mere Fribble, venturd to have his Riots & Routs at his own house, to please a few Boys & Girls.

From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo

In fine, he fell in love with Mildred Claridge after a thorough-going fashion such as Prince Fribble would have found amusing.

From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch

And he strode on, resolved to be Prince Fribble to the last.

From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch

I am ever the humblest of your Admirers, Josiah Fribble, Esq.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

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