trifling

Other forms of trifling

plural

triflings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trifling

What does trifling mean?

trifling means "the deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trifling?

trifling has 2 syllables: tri-fling. The stress falls on "tri". In IPA it is /ˈtɹaɪflɪŋ/.

What is another word for trifling?

Close synonyms include dalliance, dawdling, negligible, paltry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trifling a common word?

trifling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.