trifles
Hardly worth mentioning
Trifles are things of little value or importance, matters too minor to deserve much attention.
The word appears most often in the plural to dismiss concerns as insignificant: Let's not argue over trifles.
To trifle with someone or something is to treat them carelessly or without proper seriousness: Don't trifle with her affections.
A trifle is also a British layered dessert of sponge cake, custard, fruit, and whipped cream.
Of little importance
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- negligibleToo small to consider
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
- minorScale with lowered third
slight · paltry · insubstantial · marginal · peripheral · immaterial · nonessential · minutiae
Cooked egg-milk mixture
- spongeAbsorbent cleaning material
- sherryFortified wine from Spain
- whipped creamAerated dairy topping
- layeredHaving multiple levels
pudding · jelly · fruit · British cuisine · afternoon tea · fool · parfait · mousse
petty
Of little importance
- inconsequentialLacking significance or impact
- negligibleToo small to consider
- unimportantLacking significance or weight
minor · slight · paltry · insubstantial · marginal · peripheral · immaterial · nonessential · minutiae · trivialities
custard
Cooked egg-milk mixture
- spongeAbsorbent cleaning material
- sherryFortified wine from Spain
- whipped creamAerated dairy topping
layered · pudding · jelly · fruit · British cuisine · afternoon tea · fool · parfait · mousse · cream
balderdash
Senseless talk or writing
drivel · malarkey · claptrap · codswallop · piffle · bunkum · humbug · fiddle-faddle · tommyrot · moonshine
one-act
Single-segment theatrical format
- feministGender equality proponent
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- quiltStuffed, stitched bed covering
canary · kitchen · evidence · domestic · Provincetown · drama · symbolism · patriarchy · birdcage · preserves
- nonproblemsnonissues, trivia, molehills, false alarms, small stuff
- trivialitiestrivia, minutiae, small potatoes, peanuts, chicken feed
- sweetscandy, candies, chocolates, chocolate, fudge
- writingsessay, essays, article, articles, stories
- nothingsnothing, zero, nil, nada, zilch
triflesessentials
Indispensable items or elements
fundamentals · priorities · imperatives · big deals · necessities
triflesfortunes
Wealth or destined outcomes
riches · treasures · wealth · enormities · immensities
triflescommits
Pledges to do
applies oneself · labors · strives · endeavors · buckles down
- trifle withTreat dismissively or carelessly
- a trifleTo a minor extent
- sherry trifleWine-soaked layered custard dessert
- mere trifles