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May 27, 2012
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Synonyms for trifle

Noun

1. trifle, dessert, sweet, afters
usage: jam-spread sponge cake soaked in wine served with custard sauce
2. technicality, trifle, triviality, detail, item, point
usage: a detail that is considered insignificant
3. triviality, trivia, trifle, small beer, object, physical object
usage: something of small importance

Verb

1. piddle, wanton, wanton away, piddle away, trifle, spend, pass
usage: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
2. frivol, trifle, act, behave, do
usage: act frivolously
3. dally, trifle, play, consider, take, deal, look at
usage: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
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