Rumpled \Rum"pled\, a.
Wrinkled; crumpled. --Pope.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rumple \Rum"ple\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Rumpled p. pr. &
vb. n. Rumpling.] [Cf. rimple, and D. rimpelen to wrinkle,
rompelig rough, uneven, G. r["u]mpfen to wrinkle, MHG.
r["u]mphen, OHG. rimpfan, Gr. "ra`mfos the crooked beak of
birds of prey, ? to roam.]
To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to
wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.
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They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled
and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest
assignats. --Burke.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rumpled
adj 1: in disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was
disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled
unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown
hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers [syn: disheveled,
dishevelled, frowzled, tousled]
2: having wrinkles; "crumpled paper"; "her skirt had become
creased"; "a rumpled gray suit" [syn: crumpled, creased]
WordNet (r) 2.0
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "rumpled":
cockled, cockly, corrugate, corrugated, creased, crimped, crimpy,
crinkled, crinkly, crumpled, disheveled, furrowed, knitted,
knotted, matted, messed up, mussed up, puckered, puckery, pursed,
pursy, ridged, rimpled, rippled, rucked, ruffled, rugged, rugose,
rugous, shaggy, snaggy, snarled, tousled, tously, tumbled,
uncombed, wrinkled, wrinkly
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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