trifle withsomeone/something
phrasal verbwithtrifleverbuk/ˈtraɪ.fəl/us/ˈtraɪ.fəl/
formalorold-fashionedtotreatsomeone or somethingcarelesslyor withoutrespect:
He trifled with heraffections(=feelings).
As youknow, Caroline O'Neill is not a woman to be trifled with.
Insults & abuse
- affront
- backhanded compliment
- be close to the boneidiom
- belittle
- contumely
- cut (someone) to the quickidiom
- denigration
- dis
- disparagement
- jeer
- left-handed compliment
- mouth
- name
- neg
- negging
- point-scoring
- putsomething/someonedown
- revile
- slight
- stick