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rimpled

rimpled is the simple past and past participle of rimple.

Meaning of rimple

Verb

rimple (third-person singular simple present rimples, present participle rimpling, simple past and past participle rimpled)

  1. (US) To wrinkle or crease.
    • The evening was fine, and the air so still, that it scarcely waved the light leaves of the trees around, or rimpled the broad expanse of the waters below.1791, Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest, Penguin, published 1999, page 261

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Adjective

rimpled (comparative more rimpled, superlative most rimpled)

  1. wrinkled

Synonyms of rimpled

Forms of rimpled

comparativemore rimpled
superlativemost rimpled

Words formed from rimpled

Questions about rimpled

What does rimpled mean?
Rimpled means wrinkled.
What is rimpled the simple past and past participle of?
Rimpled is the simple past and past participle of rimple.
What part of speech is rimpled?
Rimpled is an adjective.

Words near rimpled in the dictionary

  1. rimosities
  2. rimosity
  3. rimous
  4. Rimouski
  5. rimple
  6. rimpled
  7. rimples
  8. rimpling
  9. rimption
  10. rimptions
  11. rimpull

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