Synonyms of trifled

trifled

verb

past tense of trifle

1

as in flirted

to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun

do not trifle with me unless you mean to ask me to marry you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flirted
• coquetted
• toyed
• dallied
• frivoled
• wooed
• courted
• vamped
• messed around
• teased
• played (with)
• fooled
• kidded
• mashed
• razzed
• strung along
• ribbed
• led on
• put on
• joshed
• manipulated

2

as in played

to spend time in aimless activity

spent a lazy afternoon trifling on the front porch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• played
• doodled
• pottered (around)
• fiddled (around)
• puttered (around)
• hung about
• lounged
• fooled around
• fribbled
• loafed
• idled
• goofed (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• dawdled
• kicked around
• messed around
• lolled
• dallied
• hung (around or out)
• tinkered
• horsed around
• dillydallied
• clowned (around)
• diddled (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• set (to)
• settled (down)
• buckled (down)
• knuckled down

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trifled

Meek lives with her dad, Smooch (Will Cobbs), a former Black Panther who now runs a roller rink, and her not-to-be-trifled-with grandma, Puddin (Lizan Mitchell). —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026