ruffled

• His composure was somewhat ruffled, and in throwing away the scum his gesture was of negligent and discursive aim; the boiling fluid bespattered the foot of one of the omnipresent dogs, whose shrieks rent the sky and whose activity on three legs amazed the earth. —  The Riddle Of The Rocks 1895
• Oswald was ruffled, and showed it more plainly than was altogether courteous I'm sorry you're not pleased," he said coldly. —  About Peggy Saville
• Without saying a word to me they took from my train their supply of provisions When I heard of it I was ruffled, as this train was in my charge and I was responsible for it. —  The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite
• She could not leave that unhappy looking specimen of helplessness to his own devices Frank's pompadour was ruffled, his eyes were staring, and his whole countenance was a troubled mask. —  How Janice Day Won
• I'll bet that girl could sell a ruffled, accordion-plaited underskirt to a fat woman who was trying to reduce. —  Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day

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