rumpled
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈrʌmpəld/
:
arrugado
- Instead of being tall, elegant, and blonde, she appeared to be short, rumpled, and definitely not blonde.
It was an old man with rumpled hair and his stepdaughter.
- It was an old man with rumpled hair and his stepdaughter.
- The choice of menu, the radio and television, the unpolished floors, the rumpled sheets.
- But it's not just Bernie's diet that's getting a makeover because the unusually rumpled senator has been wearing more stylish sweaters.
Examples
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With Glim's gaze on me, I become aware of how rumpled I must look.
Fiction book (1996) -
People on the street will see a rumpled, middle-aged woman with bad posture, but a lovely smile.
Fiction book (1994) -
The woman behind him in the rumpled bed called his name.
Fiction book (1993) -
I just think I should look more rumpled.
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My parents' bed was still rumpled, the room unstraightened, clothes on the floor.
Fiction book (1996) -
My father, in his plaid shirt and rumpled corduroys, was watching TV.
Academic text (2001) -
The boy lay still on a rumpled bed, fingers clutching the quilt beneath him.
Fiction book (1991) -
Stanley, still looking rumpled and unshaven, hurriedly takes off his coat and powers up his computer.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Why are you dressed?" Peter sat up and eyed the rumpled form of his sister with sibling contempt.
Fiction book (1991) -
After a long night, she showed up to the meeting looking a bit rumpled, with her shirt untucked and hair disheveled.
Synonyms
21
6.1
Having messy hair, clothes, or things around them
5
5.3
Hair that looks messy after sleep or wind
1
7.0
Slightly creased and untidy, often for clothes or bed covers
Very untidy so hair and clothes look messy
Antonyms
How Wrinkled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rumpled comes from the verb rumple, which is like the familiar word crumple and means 'to make small folds' in cloth. So, if something is rumpled, it looks 'bunched up', creased, or untidy.