rumpled

English

Adjective

rumpled (comparative more rumpled, superlative most rumpled)

1. Wrinkled or crumpled.

   Synonyms: rumply, crumply, bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled

   • 1857, Herman Melville, chapter XVIII, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade:

     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.

   • 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:

     The rumpled octogenarian and two-time presidential candidate [Bernie Sanders] has no plans to seek the Oval Office again.

Derived terms

• rumpledness
• unrumpled

Translations

creased, ruffled, dishevelled

• Indonesian: kumal (id)
• Italian: sgualcito (it)
• Māori: hahohaho, tarihahohaho
• Sundanese: kucel (su)
• Swedish: skrynklig (sv), rufsig (sv)

Verb

rumpled

1. simple past and past participle of rumple