Rumpled

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rumpled \Rum"pled\, a.
     Wrinkled; crumpled. --Pope.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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