rumpled

English

Adjective

rumpled (comparative more rumpled, superlative most rumpled)

Wrinkled or crumpled.
- 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.

Synonyms

bewrinkled, rugose, wrinkly; see also Thesaurus:wrinkled

Translations

creased, ruffled, dishevelled

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

Verb

rumpled

simple past and past participle of rumple

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