rumpled en · ADJ
Meanings
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Wrinkled or crumpled.
A demure-looking woman, in a dress rather tawdry and rumpled, here drew her veil well down and rose; but, marking every eye upon her, thought it advisable, upon the whole, to sit down again.
1857, Herman Melville, chapter XVIII, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade:The rumpled octogenarian and two-time presidential candidate [Bernie Sanders] has no plans to seek the Oval Office again.
2025 March 21, Francine Kiefer, Caitlin Babcock, “As Democrats look for a fighter, Bernie Sanders is striking a chord – again”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most rumpled | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more rumpled | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
wurly · rugose · rumply · lined · rouched · bewrinkled · ruckly · crumply · rugose · purfly · creased · crinkly · rimpled · bewrinkled · pruny · wrinkly · rugate · wrinkly · rumpled · wrinklesome · wrinkled · rugous · wurlie · writhled
Translations (8)
mi hahohaho (creased, ruffled, dishevelled) · id kumal (creased, ruffled, dishevelled) · it sgualcito (creased, ruffled, dishevelled) · bg смачкан (creased, ruffled, dishevelled) · sv rufsig (creased, ruffled, dishevelled) · sv skrynklig (creased, ruffled, dishevelled) · mi tarihahohaho (creased, ruffled, dishevelled) · su kucel (creased, ruffled, dishevelled)