Rumple
['rʌmp(ə)l] or ['rʌmpl]
Definition
(verb.) become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; 'This fabric won't wrinkle'.
Typist: Terrence--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t. & i.) To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat.
(n.) A fold or plait; a wrinkle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Wrinkle, crumple, crease, pucker, corrugate.
n. Wrinkle, crumple, pucker, rimple, crease, corrugation, fold.
Typed by Elvin
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Ruffle, wrinkle, crease, crumple, pucker, corrugate, derange, roughen
ANT:Smooth, flatten, arrange
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Definition
v.t. to crush out of shape: to make uneven.—n. a fold or wrinkle.
Typist: Nigel
Examples
- Are my feathers so very much rumpled? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She had dropped into her usual armchair, facing his, and was running her fingers through her rumpled hair. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I soon saw that the intruder had left other traces of his presence besides the rumpled papers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But, excuse me,' says Podsnap, with his temper and his shirt-collar about equally rumpled; 'was this young woman ever a female waterman? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in my mind since you told me that, said Jo rather ungratefully. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Well, sir, it was a bit rumpled, certainly, when I came back. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The children were inconsolable, and Mr. Bhaer's hair stuck straight up all over his head, for he always rumpled it wildly when disturbed in mind. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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