rumpled
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
[1913 Webster]
They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled
and ragged Scotch paper for twenty of your fairest
assignats. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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