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trifled

VERB

toy with; mess around

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 fribble 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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“They trifled with us today,” Mr. Trump said Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Whitney is not a mountain to be trifled with, and a lot of people lack respect for it and find themselves in dangerous situations.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

“These fittings are not something to be trifled with.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023

From eating holes in people's brains to generating nasty tumors to putting folks in comas, some fungi are not to be trifled with.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2023

She’d show them who Galadriel Hopkins was—she was not to be trifled with.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson