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rumpled

rumpled adjective: wrinkled or crumpled. Also the simple past and past participle of rumple.

Adjective

rumpled (comparative more rumpled, superlative most rumpled)

  1. Wrinkled or crumpled.
    • 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.1857, Herman Melville, chapter XVIII, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade
    • The rumpled octogenarian and two-time presidential candidate [Bernie Sanders] has no plans to seek the Oval Office 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

Also used as

rumpled is also the simple past and past participle of rumple.

rumpled meaning in Indonesian

rumpled in Indonesian

creased, ruffled, dishevelled
kumal

Synonyms of rumpled

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Forms of rumpled

comparativemore rumpled
superlativemost rumpled

Words formed from rumpled

Phrases with rumpled

Questions about rumpled

What does rumpled mean?
Rumpled means wrinkled or crumpled.
What is rumpled in Indonesian?
Rumpled in Indonesian is kumal. See Rumpled meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is rumpled?
Rumpled is an adjective.

Words near rumpled in the dictionary

  1. rumpie
  2. rumpies
  3. rumping
  4. rumple
  5. rumple up
  6. rumpled
  7. rumpled up
  8. rumpledness
  9. rumples
  10. rumples up
  11. rumplesome

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